Here is the ninth lecture, which covers the rise of Octavian from schoolboy to absolute master of the Roman world. Subjects also covered: the murder of Cicero, Antony and Cleopatra, the murder of Caesarion, the establishment of a permanent military dictatorship.

In this series, Sean Gabb will explain how the Roman Constitution was transformed, in just over a century, from an oligarchical republic with strong elements of democracy to a divine right military dictatorship.

 

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