VIOLENCE IN THE FORUM: Factional Struggles in Ancient Rome (133-78 BC)

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Weaves together the military, political, and social aspects of this tumultuous period of Roman history. Discusses the tumultuous period in Rome between 133 and 78 BC, covering the plots of the Senate of Rome against the Gracchi and their violent ends; the mysterious death of Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, destroyer of Carthage and of Numantia; the ferocious lynching of Lucius Apuleius Saturninus; the seditious tribune of the plebs; the civil war between Marius and Sulla, including the siege and capitulation of Rome and Marius' reign of terror, ending with the definitive victory and proscriptions of Sulla.