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Studies in Ancient Civil War Ser.: How Republics Die : Creeping Authoritarianism in Ancient Rome and Beyond by David Rafferty (2025, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDE Gruyter, Inc.

ISBN-103111650278

ISBN-139783111650272

eBay Product ID (ePID)25074785460

Product Key Features

Number of Pages555 Pages

Publication NameHow Republics Die : Creeping Authoritarianism in Ancient Rome and Beyond

LanguageEnglish

SubjectAncient / General, History & Theory, Ancient & Classical

Publication Year2025

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Political Science, History

AuthorDavid Rafferty

SeriesStudies in Ancient Civil War Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight36.6 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number4

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal320.53

SynopsisAuthoritarianism is everywhere on the advance; democracies seem fragile and threatened. We console ourselves that where rule by the people has long established itself, it has never collapsed from internal causes. Except it did, once: in Rome. This book gathers together Roman historians with political scientists and scholars of other periods of authoritarian takeover to explore how open and democratic political systems have historically fallen prey to autocrats. The Late Roman Republic is the main focus, with a mix of large-scale thematic and analytical chapters paired with more detailed case studies, from some of the leading scholars in the field. Other chapters widen the scope, analysing comparable cases from ancient Athens to Napoleon to Hitler's Germany and Franco's Spain. The book as a whole draws on contemporary political science scholarship on democratic decay and competitive authoritarianism. It shows that these concepts are not only applicable to modern states, but that we can properly use them to study past democratic collapses as well. This provides the tools for a more historically-informed understanding of how republics die, as part of a renewed conversation between historians and political scientists.