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The Roman Republic and the Founder of the Empire

T. Rice Holmes · 1923

A 1923 scholarly history by T. Rice Holmes centred on Caesar's career and his role in ending the Roman Republic.

This later scholarly book studies Caesar's career and his role in the collapse of the Roman Republic.

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This is a detailed historical study written by T. Rice Holmes, a British historian, published in 1923 by Oxford University Press. It traces the history of the Roman Republic up to the time of Caesar, focusing on his career and his part in transforming Rome's government.

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This book is part of a long tradition of historians trying to explain how Caesar's actions ended centuries of republican government in Rome. It shows how later scholars, writing long after Caesar's death, used earlier Roman sources to build their own interpretations of his life and impact.

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  • What kinds of earlier sources might Holmes have used to write about events from centuries before his own time?
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