![]() ![]() A few voices, first on the fringes of the body politics, raised the specter of Empire with much reference to ancient Rome or to the British Empire. After each event, after each consolidation of power within the White House, apologists of empire came to fore, justifying the praetorians' march to the unruly provinces, defending civilization and the goodness of our leaders' intentions. Then, the economy tanking, the land of the free became traumatized by the 9/11 tragedy, which allowed the passage of the long-planned repressive USA PATRIOT ACT led to the invasion of Afghanistan the October 2002 "authorization" bill that transferred the power to declare war from the US Congress to the president, without even a sunset clause attached to it and finally, the Iraqi hellhole. Bush, with his genial smirk, looked quite moderate, assuring the polity that he would bring back dignity to the office, humility to foreign policy and compassion to conservatism and so, with the comforting father-like figure of Dick Cheney at his side, walking hand-in-hand with a wife freshly minted from a 1950s Sears catalogue, the good-natured fellow from Crawford, Texas, took possession of his new residence without even a yawning gaze from the public. After all, Al Gore had run a dismal, lackluster campaign people had grown weary from Clinton's sexual shenanigans Mr. ![]() Bush was elevated to the highest office of the land through a bloodless coup - with no tanks in the streets - the country with few if nary expression of serious protest went on with business as usual. Michael Parenti, The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome, The New Press, New York, N.Y, 2003 ISBN 1-56584-797-0. Michael Parenti's The Assassination of Julius Caesar by Gilles d'Aymery Book Review |a Initial Bemis load m2btab.test019 in 2019.Swans Commentary: Michael Parenti's "The Assassination of Julius Caesar," by Gilles d'Aymery - ga166 Swans ![]() |a Rome |x Politics and government |y 265-30 B.C. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages -260) and index. |a The assassination of Julius Caesar : |b a people's history of ancient Rome / |c Michael Parenti. |a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d UKM |d OCLCQ |d OCL |d BAKER |d NLGGC |d COM "A highly accessible and entertaining addition to history." - Book Marks The Assassination of Julius Caesar offers a whole new perspective on an era thought to be well-known. In these pages, we find reflections on the democratic struggle waged by Roman commoners, religious augury as an instrument of social control, the patriarchal oppression of women, and the political use of homophobic attacks. As Parenti carefully weighs the evidence concerning the murder of Caesar, he adds essential context to the crime with fascinating details about Roman society as a whole. In doing so, he presents a provocative, trenchantly researched narrative of popular resistance against a powerful elite. In The Assassination of Julius Caesar, Michael Parenti recounts this period, spanning the years 100 to 33 BC, from the perspective of the Roman people. ![]() Most historians, both ancient and modern, have viewed the Late Republic of Rome through the eyes of its rich nobility-the 1 percent of the population who controlled 99 percent of the empire's wealth. "A provocative history" of intrigue and class struggle in Ancient Rome-"an important alternative to the usual views of Caesar and the Roman Empire" ( Publishers Weekly ). ![]()
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