Livarva Library Edition 1.0

The Dictatorship

Lucius Cornelius Sulla and the violent restoration of the Roman Republic.

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This edition keeps the visual design of the Livarva website and gives the Sulla manuscript a true reading structure. The book is no longer one continuous wall of text; it is divided into introductory pieces, a historical prelude, and individual chapters.

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Opening Essay Precedent Sulla and the Crisis of the Roman Republic Author's Foreword Author’s Foreword Restoration and Precedent Prologue Prologue Ab Urbe Condita 245 Historical Prelude Mare Nostrum The Mediterranean and the Republic after Carthage Chapter I A Name without Power Nomen antiquum, vis exigua. Chapter II Africa and Ambition In Africa virtus occasionem invenit. Chapter III The Army Transformed Exercitus mutatus rem publicam mutavit. Chapter IV The Social War Socii arma contra dominam tulerunt. Chapter V Command and Rivalry Imperium et aemulatio in unum confluxerunt. Chapter VI Rome Divided Res publica in duas partes scissa est. Chapter VII March on Rome Arma in urbem versa sunt. Chapter VIII The Sullan Regime Dictatura ordinem per vim restituit.