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By Mike Duncan

The author of the hugely well known, award-winning podcast sequence The background of Rome brings to existence the tale of the tumultuous years that set the degree for the autumn of the Roman Republic.

The Roman Republic used to be some of the most awesome achievements within the heritage of civilization. After its founding in 509 BCE, the Romans refused to permit a unmarried chief to grab regulate of the nation and seize absolute strength. The Roman dedication to cooperative executive and peaceable transfers of strength used to be unequalled within the background of the traditional world.
But by way of the yr 133 BCE, the republican procedure was once not able to deal with the substantial empire Rome now governed. virtually once that they had conquered the Mediterranean, Rome grew to become engulfed in violent political conflicts and civil wars that will wreck the Republic below a century later.
Chronicling the years 133-80 BCE, The typhoon ahead of the Storm is a rollicking deep-dive into the bloody battles, political machinations, and human drama that outlined a perilous new political environment--a stark caution for contemporary readers approximately what occurs to a civilization pushed by means of expanding fiscal inequality, political polarization, and ruthless ambition.

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