Roman Republicanism - An Introduction
Channel: Inventing Civilization
Date: 09/06/2016

The ancient Republic of Rome has been held up as the ideal of representative democracy where order and freedom go hand in hand. It inspired the political structures of most Western democracies that exist today. So how did the ancient Romans govern their Republic? And why did it fail?

Suggested reference (APA):
Lou, E. [Inventing Civilization]. (2016-06-09). Roman Republicanism - An Introduction [video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/xEUYk0xKC-g

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If this video has sparked your interest in (the politics of) the Roman Republic and you'd like to know more, you might enjoy reading one or more of the following books:

Gwynn, D. M. (2012). The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Shotter, D. (1994). Lancaster Pamphlets: The Fall of the Roman Republic. London: Routledge.

Lintott, A. (1999). The Constitution of the Roman Republic. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Brunt, P.A. (1988). The Fall of the Roman Republic and Related Essays. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Rosenstein N. & Morstein-Marx, R. (Eds.). (2006). A Companion to the Roman Republic. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Crook, J.A., Lintott, A. & Rawson, E. (2008). The Cambridge Ancient History Second Edition Volume IX: The Last Age of the Roman Republic, 146-43 B.C. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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And on a related note, you might like to watch my earlier video lecture on Cicero:

The Politics of Cicero (video lecture)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42IDAP_6zcE