. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . LAST ERA OF THE REPUBLIC new provinces to the empire seeks first of all to enrich orglorify himself. The knight lives for his money-bags, theluxurious senator for his fish-ponds, his garden, and his mob of Rome, degenerate heir of a great tradition, whilestill dispensing the highest honours of State, claims no otherprice for its favours than a full meal and a happy day in thecircus. If there are any exceptions to the general self-seekingthey are to be found in Cato, a fantasti
. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . LAST ERA OF THE REPUBLIC new provinces to the empire seeks first of all to enrich orglorify himself. The knight lives for his money-bags, theluxurious senator for his fish-ponds, his garden, and his mob of Rome, degenerate heir of a great tradition, whilestill dispensing the highest honours of State, claims no otherprice for its favours than a full meal and a happy day in thecircus. If there are any exceptions to the general self-seekingthey are to be found in Cato, a fantastic idealist, and inCicero, the only man of his day who, without oversteppingthe bounds of the constitution, can be said to have had apolicy. Last Era of the Republic lyooking at the Roman world as it appeared in the yearsfollowing Sullas death, we find the Republic threatened byperils of every kind, within and without. Spain is in openrevolt, Macedonia is assailed by the wild tribes on its borders,Mithradates is arming for a new struggle, and the sea swarmswith pirates, who pursue their depredations unc
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