The generals had an obligation to look after their soldiers' interests after a campaign. This made the ex-soldiers clients of the generals with an obligation to support them financially and politically. The generals used this power to support their own interests, leading to the Civil Wars.
APEX: his assassination led to a civil war that ended the Roman Republic
The assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC by his opponents led to further civil wars between his opponents and his supporters. They culminated with a final war which was a struggle over who would become the sole ruler of Rome. The term Roman Empire can be confusing. Historians use it to indicate the period of rule by emperors which followed the Republic. However, in its more common sense of empire as territorial conquests and possessions, the Roman Republic already had an empire. Much of Rome's imperial expansion occurred during the Republic.
There was only one Roman Republic. The Empire divided in two two hundred years later.
Spartacus was a historical figure from Thrace who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
No. Hannibal was a Carthaginian general who led an invasion of the Roman Republic in 218 BC.
Julius Caesar.
The decline of the Republic led to its downfall. After a several of civil wars Augustus became the first Roman emperor and the 503 years of rule by emperors started. The emperor was an absolute ruler, the senate became an instrument for the exercise of his power and the officers of state were appointed by the emperor instead of being elected.
Roman society was not more stable in the late republic. In fact, the republic was torn apart by civil wars.In the last 60 years of the republic there were ten civil wars. It was these civil wars which eventually led to the fall of the republic and the creation of rule by emperors.
APEX: his assassination led to a civil war that ended the Roman Republic
The decline of the Republic led to its downfall. After a several of civil wars Augustus became the first Roman emperor and the 503 years of rule by emperors started. The emperor was an absolute ruler, the senate became an instrument for the exercise of his power and the officers of state were appointed by the emperor instead of being elected.
During the Republic, the Roman government was led by two counsuls.
The assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC by his opponents led to further civil wars between his opponents and his supporters. They culminated with a final war which was a struggle over who would become the sole ruler of Rome. The term Roman Empire can be confusing. Historians use it to indicate the period of rule by emperors which followed the Republic. However, in its more common sense of empire as territorial conquests and possessions, the Roman Republic already had an empire. Much of Rome's imperial expansion occurred during the Republic.
Yes, more than can hope to be enumerated in a short answer, in both the Roman Republic and the Empire. The Punic Wars between the Republic and Carthage decided the dominant state in the Mediterranean. The Roman Civil Wars led to Julius Caesar's dictatorship. Augustus defeated Marc Anthony and Cleopatra to secure the Eastern Mediterranean. Then more civil wars following Nero's demise, and on and on …
No one led the fall of the Roman republic. The republic like the "empire" deteriorated over a period of time. It is often said that Sulla was responsible for the fall of the republic but the conditions were already in place when he took power.
There was only one Roman Republic. The Empire divided in two two hundred years later.
Spartacus was a historical figure from Thrace who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
No. Hannibal was a Carthaginian general who led an invasion of the Roman Republic in 218 BC.