Further Reading

2.1 The Form of the Constitution

Brunt., P.A., Social Conflicts in the Roman Republic (London: Chatto & Windus, 1982)

Excellent short discussion of the social struggle of the period. Do not be put off by the titles referring to the early centuries, it is all informative.

Lintott., A., The Constitution of the Roman Republic (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999)

Scholarly discussion of the Roman Constitution.

Robb., M., ‘Optimates, Populares' in The Encyclopaedia of Ancient History, ed. Roger S . Bagnall , Kai Brodersen , Craige B. Champion , Andrew Erskine (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), pp. 4911–14. 

A short summary of the changing academic views surrounding these two groups.

Rosenstein., N., ‘Aristocrats and Agriculture in the Late Republic’ (The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol 98, 2008), pp. 1–26 

An interesting discussion on the scale of land ownership and agricultural productivity in the period.

Rosenstein., N., Rome and the Mediterranean 290–146: The Imperial Republic (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2012)

A scholarly view of the period immediately preceding ours and the problems that were already extant.

Taylor, L.R., Party Politics in the Age of Caesar (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1949)

An accessible description of how politics worked from day to day in the late Republic.

2.2 Sulla and the 70s

Keaveney, A., Sulla (Abingdon: Routledge, 2005)

The standard bipgraphy on Sulla.

Seager, R., Pompey the Great (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2002)

One of two good biographies of Pompey.

Southern, P., Pompey the Great (Stroud: Tempus, 2002)

Another good biography of Pompey.

2.3 The Catilinarian Conspiracy

Everitt, A., Cicero (London : John Murray, 2001) 

A straightforward and accessible biography of Cicero.

Goldsworthy, A., Caesar (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006)

A really good read.

Stockton, D., Cicero (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971)

A more detailed and scholarly biography of Cicero the politician, but very good.

2.4 The 50s: A Turbulent Decade

Everitt, A., Cicero (London: John Murray, 2001)

A straightforward and accessible biography of Cicero.

Goldsworthy, A., Caesar (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006)

A really good read.

Seager, R., Pompey the Great (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2002)

One of two good biographies of Pompey.

Southern, P., Pompey the Great (Stroud: Tempus, 2002)

Another good biography of Pompey.

Stockton, D., Cicero (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971)

A more detailed and scholarly biography of Cicero the politician, but very good.

Tatum, J., The Patrician Tribune (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999)

A detailed scholarly read, but the introductory chapter on the political process is well worth reading.

Taylor, D., Cicero and Rome (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013)

A very simple short introduction, but well worth it none the less.

2.5 Civil War and Caesar's Dictatorship

Everitt, A., Cicero (London: John Murray, 2001)

A straightforward and accessible biography of Cicero.

Goldsworthy, A., Caesar (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006)

A really good read.

Seager, R., Pompey the Great (Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2002)

One of two good biographies of Pompey.

Southern, P., Pompey the Great (Stroud: Tempus, 2002)

Another good biography of Pompey.

Stockton, D., Cicero (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971)

A more detailed and scholarly biography of Cicero the politician, but very good.

Welch. K. & Powell, A., Julius Caesar as Artful Reporter (London: Duckworth, 1998)

Scholarly papers that consider Caesar’s war diaries and their effect at Rome.

2.6 The Second Triumvirate

Alston, R., Rome’s Revolution (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015)

A very good history of the Second Triumvirate and Augustus’ rise to power.

Everitt, A., Cicero (London : John Murray, 2001)

A straightforward and accessible biography of Cicero.

Goldsworthy, A., Caesar (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006)

A really good read.

Goldsworthy, A., Antony and Cleopatra (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2011)

Here the focus is on Antony’s fall and Augustus’ successes.

Keaveney, A., Sulla (Abingdon: Routledge, 2005)

The standard biography on Sulla.

Seager, R., Pompey the Great (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2002)

One of two good biographies of Pompey.

Southern, P., Pompey the Great (Stroud: Tempus, 2002)

Another good biography of Pompey.

Stockton, D., Cicero (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971)

A more detailed and scholarly biography of Cicero the politician, but very good.

Tatum, J., The Patrician Tribune (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991)

A detailed scholarly read, but the introductory chapter on the political process is well worth reading.

Taylor, D., Cicero and Rome (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013)

A very simple short introduction, but well worth it none the less.

Welch. K. & Powell, A., Julius Caesar as Artful Reporter (London: Duckworth, 1998)

Scholarly papers that consider Caesar’s war diaries and their effect at Rome.

2.7 Social and Economic Relationships and Their Importance in the Breakdown of the Republic

Alston, R., Rome’s Revolution (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015)

A very good history of the Second Triumvirate and Augustus’ rise to power.

Brunt, P.A., Social Conflicts in the Roman Republic (London: Chatto & Windus, 1982) 

Excellent short discussion of the social struggle of the period. Do not be put off by the titles referring to the early centuries it is all informative.