Part I: The Republic's Rise 1. An Introduction to Rome in the Years of the Republic & Analytical Parameters 2. From the Monarchy to the Republic: From Legend to History 3. Periodisation of the Republic: between Classic Periodisation and Flower's Periodisation Part II: The Republic's Apogee 4. The Roman Character and the Republic's Character at its Best (287-133 BC) 5. Lex Hortensia or How the Roman Republic's Constitution Became More Democratic 6. A Constitution in Overdrive Responsible for Building an Empire Part III: A Mixed Polity of Monarchic, Oligarchic, Aristocratic and Democratic Elements 7. The Roman Republic as a Mixed Polity 8.

The Social and Economic Forces behind the Republic's Constitution 9. The Roman Constitution per se & Methodological Considerations 10. Monarchic Elements 11. Oligarchic Elements 12. Aristocratic Elements 13. Democratic Elements 14. A Unique Constitutional Blend Part IV: Concluding Thoughts 15. A Constitution That Could Not Support Anymore the Empire It Generated 16.

The Fall of the Republic (133-27 BC) 17. Implications for the Future.