Fall of the Roman Republic
133 BCE–27 BCE · Event
A century of the Republic devouring itself: the Gracchi's murders make violence political currency, client armies march on Rome, three warlords carve up the state twice over — until Caesar's heir ends five hundred years of republic while insisting he has restored it.
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