{"product_id":"book-cp4h","title":"Mortal Republic","description":"\u003cb\u003eLearn why the Roman Republic collapsed - and how it could have continued to thrive - with this insightful history from an award-winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMortal Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions, parliamentary rules, and political customs successfully fostered negotiation and compromise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By the 130s BC, however, Rome's leaders increasingly used these same tools to cynically pursue individual gain and obstruct their opponents. As the center decayed and dysfunction grew, arguments between politicians gave way to political violence in the streets. The stage was set for destructive civil wars - and ultimately the imperial reign of Augustus. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The death of Rome's Republic was not inevitable. In \u003ci\u003eMortal Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, Watts shows it died because it was allowed to, from thousands of small wounds inflicted by Romans who assumed that it would last forever.","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49349240652080,"sku":"BDcp4h","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/cp4h-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776250559","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cp4h","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}