Fall of the Roman Republic Part I: Caesar and Company




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ClassGraphic Why, and how, do republics fall? Maybe the decline and fall of the Roman Republic will give us some answers. We will start by looking at the lives of towering Romans from the first century BCE, as described by the ancient historian Plutarch in The Age of Caesar: 5 Roman Lives (Plutarch, ed. by James Romm, W.W. Norton, 2017). Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, and Antony all were fighting to either transform or preserve the Republic. Their conflicts left Rome shaken. In a subsequent study group, we will then look at how Augustus arose and toppled the whole thing.
 

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4 Session(s)
Weekly - Mon

Location
Virtual - Any Location

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Multiple

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Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
1/26/2026 - 2/16/2026 Weekly - Mon 03:30 PM - 05:30 PM N/A, Virtual - Any Location  Map Masako Mary Osako  ; David Mathers 

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