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Daggers in the Forum: the revolutionary lives and violent deaths of the Gracchus brothers

In 133 BC the tribune Tiberius Gracchus issued his lex agraria to redistribute land amongst veteran soldiers and the poor. In his interesting and perceptive study Nathan Rosenstein re-examines the reasons for this agrarian crisis that Gracchus, so unpopularly, responded to. Past studies have argued that an increase in large plantations manned by a rapidly growing population of slave labourers had damaged Rome's farmers and small holders. However, Rosenstein argues that there is little archaeological or documentary evidence for this and looks instead to the consequences of warfare, particularly the war against Hannibal. Rosenstein discusses in detail the nature of the Roman family, the amount of labour required to make a success of a farm and, set against this, the consequences of losing that labour (and the potential of fathering the next generation of farmers). Sections also examine methods for quantifying the numbers of men killed in battle or through disease following injury. The numbers are enormous and one can immediately see the difficulty facing the Roman senate of how to replenish the ranks.

Selected lives from Plutarch admirably retold by W. H. Weston, including six Greeks (Aristides, Themistocles, Pelopidas, Timoleon, Alexander, Philopoemen) and six Romans (Coriolanus, Tiberius Gracchus, Caius Gracchus, Caius Marius, Julius Caesar, and Brutus). Introductory material by the reteller sets each life in its historical context. Suitable for ages 10 and up.

Excerpt from The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic, Vol. 2 of 3With the unprecedented degradation of the Tribune octavius, and the fubfequent murder of Tiberius Gracchus, began, among the parties at Rome, a fcene of injuries and retaliations, with intervals of anarchy and violent ufurpation, which mutt have fpeedily ended in the ruin of the commonwealth, if the fword had not pafled at lafl into hands that employed it for the reltoration' of public order, as well as for the avenging of private wrongs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

While the Great French Revolution of 1789 served as a political compass for several generations of European radicals, for socialists in particular, Gracchus Babeuf was far and away its most important leader. Babeuf and the newspaper he edited, Le Tribun du Peuple, pushed well beyond his contemporaries in their staunch defense of democracy and demands for the abolition of private property. Going so far as to call for an insurrection against the government of the Directory as it increased its repression against domestic agitators, Babeuf was eventually arrested and executed in what became known as the conspiracy of equals.”This study of Babeuf as a political thinker, based on an analysis of his extensive writings, and on scholarship unavailable in English, draws out why so many considered him to be a major precursor of the modern revolutionary socialist tradition and goes on to make the case that his ideas have much to teach today’s activists. The first part traces Babeuf's political evolution in the context of the French Revolution, the second examines his changing reputation among subsequent historians, and the final section assesses the originality of his thought, showing him to be neither a Jacobin nor a Utopian.This updated second edition features an important new introduction by Ian Birchall, a prolific writer and leading authority on Babeuf, that summarizes Babeuf’s historical significance, his ideas, and his practice in revolutionary France.

In 133 BC the tribune Tiberius Gracchus issued his lex agraria to redistribute land amongst veteran soldiers and the poor. In his interesting and perceptive study Nathan Rosenstein re-examines the reasons for this agrarian crisis that Gracchus, so unpopularly, responded to. Past studies have argued that an increase in large plantations manned by a rapidly growing population of slave labourers had damaged Rome's farmers and small holders. However, Rosenstein argues that there is little archaeological or documentary evidence for this and looks instead to the consequences of warfare, particularly the war against Hannibal. Rosenstein discusses in detail the nature of the Roman family, the amount of labour required to make a success of a farm and, set against this, the consequences of losing that labour (and the potential of fathering the next generation of farmers). Sections also examine methods for quantifying the numbers of men killed in battle or through disease following injury. The numbers are enormous and one can immediately see the difficulty facing the Roman senate of how to replenish the ranks.

Nicias - Marcus Crassus - Sertorius - Eumène - Agésilas - Pompée - Alexandre le Grand - Jules César - Phocion - Caton d'Utique - Agis et Cléomène - Tibérius et Caius - Gracchus - Démosthène - Cicéron - Démétrius - Antoine - Artaxerce - Dion - Marcus Brutus - Aratus - Galba - Othon - Comparaisons.

Nicias - Marcus Crassus - Sertorius - Eumène - Agésilas - Pompée - Alexandre le Grand - Jules César - Phocion - Caton d'Utique - Agis et Cléomène - Tibérius et Caius - Gracchus - Démosthène - Cicéron - Démétrius - Antoine - Artaxerce - Dion - Marcus Brutus - Aratus - Galba - Othon - Comparaisons.

A sterling collection of Kafka's greatest stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Country Doctor, A Hunger Artist, A Report for an Academy, In the Penal Colony, Before the Law, The Hunter Gracchus, Up in the Gallery, An Imperial Message, Jackals and Arabs, and The Great Wall of China. Newly translated by Ian Johnston; newly designed and typeset for modern readers by Waking Lion Press.

Z : 594 Seiten, 173 Abb., 4 Bände, brosch. im Schuber mit CD, 21,8 x 28,8 cm - Die ersten beiden Oktavhefte Kafkas enthalten unter anderem Erzählfragmente zum »Jäger Gracchus« und zum »neuen Advokaten«.