A new historical survey that recasts the 'fall of the Roman Republic' as part of the rise of a uniquely successful world state.

Josiah Osgood is Professor of Classics at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, where he teaches Roman history and Latin literature. He has published numerous books and articles, including Caesar's Legacy: Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire (Cambridge, 2006) and Turia: a Roman Woman's Civil War (2014). Osgood's academic interests include civil war, the figure of the Roman emperor, and ancient biography, historiography, and satire. He lives in Washington, DC.

1. From world power to world state: an introduction; 2. The new world power: the Empire and imperial affairs (150-139 BCE); 3. The city of Rome: scene of politics and growing metropolis; 4. The struggle for reform (150-104 BCE); 5. The spiral of violence (104-80 BCE); 6. Italy and the reinvention of Rome (150-50 BCE); 7. Rome between Republic and Empire: the stuck elephant (80-60 BCE); 8. Rival leaders and the search for power bases (66-50 BCE); 9. The course of empire: provincial government and society (90-50 BCE); 10. World city: society and culture in Rome (85-45 BCE); 11. War of the world (49-30 BCE); 12. Principate: government for the world state (30--6 BCE); 13. The New Age: refashioning culture and society (30-5 BCE); 14. The world state tested (4 BCE--20 CE).