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Within a lifespan though. It took a lot longer for the Romans to go from a functioning republic to being a true empire with an autocratic and often hereditary r
by village-idiot 8y ago
Within a lifespan though. It took a lot longer for the Romans to go from a functioning republic to being a true empire with an autocratic and often hereditary ruler. The span from the Gracchi brothers to Augustus was about 180 years, longer still until all pretensions of republican rule were tossed aside.
Of course, the Weimar Republic was much weaker than the Roman one, or even the American one at that point in time, meaning it was easier to kill.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoI don't think that's right. The Gracchi started at 133 BC. Augustus died in 14 AD. And he became emperor... well, that's a bit fuzzy, but he was the man after Actium, which was 31 BC. That's only 102 years (or 147 if you date it from Augustus' death).
- village-idiot 8y agoOops, I measured from Tiberius’ birth in 169BCE, not from the start of his political career.