Roman republics / Harriet I. Flower.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Periodization and the end of the Roman Republic -- Toward a new paradigm : Roman republics -- Early republics (fifth and fourth centuries) -- Political innovations : a community in transition (second century) -- Violence and the breakdown of the political process (133-81) -- External pressures on internal politics (140-83) -- An alternative to a crisis : Sulla's new republic -- After the shipwreck (78-49) -- Implications.