Roman Amoralism Reconsidered

Download or read book Roman Amoralism Reconsidered written by Michael Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No ancient evidence supports the proposition that the political culture of the Roman Republic was amoral, although this idea underlies works written by many important historians of the twentieth century. In adopting this premise, they were following a prevalent outlook in the historiography of that era, which was influenced by contemporary events and developments.