End of the Republic of Rome

Here you will find resources on the turbulent period from the Gracchi to the elevation of Octavian (Augustus).

Some of the major events in the history of the fall of the Republic of Rome.

• End of the Republic Timeline

• Cursus Honorum
  Description of the magisterial offices and order in which they must be held.

• Comitia Centuriata
  The Assembly of the Centuries looked at the age and wealth of the tribesmen and divided them accordingly.

• Comitia Tributa
  The citizens of Rome made all decisions, but it wasn't strictly by majority vote; instead, there were 35 tribes each one of which was accorded one vote.

• Consuls
  List of the consuls during the period of the collapse of the Republic.

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus brought reforms to Rome by circumventing tradition, and in the process started a revolution.

• The Gracchi

• Spartacus
  Summary of the slave rebellion led by the Thracian gladiator Spartacus beginning in 73 B.C.

• Mithridates
  The King of Pontus (on the southeast side of the Black Sea) kept trying to increase his holdings, but each time he tried to encroach on the territory of others, the Romans stepped in to push him back.

• Pirates
  By the time Pompey was asked to handle the pirates, they were out of hand -- almost destroying commerce, preventing trade between cities and capturing important officials. In order to put an end to their power, laws had to be passed and

An impoverished aristocrat and a new man, Sulla and Marius couldn't have been more different. Sulla started out in a subordinate position and the two fighting each other nearly brought Rome to ruin.

• Sulla
• Marius
  Seven-time consul, Marius led the Roman forces to victory in Africa and Europe. Despite the assassination of his political associates, he died in office an old man.

• Caesar
  General, consul, writer, Julius Caesar is sometimes called the greatest leader of all times.

• Pompey's Triumphs
  Pompey was known as Pompey the Great after he removed the threat of an annoying Roman gadfly, the so-called friend of Rome, Mithradates of Pontus, in Asia Minor.

• Crassus
  Crassus was the third member of the triumvirate, with Pompey and Caesar despite the fact that Pompey had stolen Crassus' glory vis a vis putting down the slave revolt of Spartacus.

• Cicero
  Cicero was a pivotal figure at the end of the Republic, a sometime friend of Pompey, an orator, and a statesman.

• Cleopatra
  Cleopatra led an important country, Egypt, as well attracting the attention of both Caesar and Mark Antony. As such, she straddled the shift from Republic to Roman Empire.

• Mary Antony
  A member of the second triumvirate with Augustus and Lepidus, after Lepidus was dispensed with, Mary Antony had increasing trouble maintaining his position.

• Augustus
  Events in the life of Octavian leading to his becoming Emperor and Augustus.

• The Principate
  The Next Period of Roman History.