There's an interesting book about how things were headed south long before the events everyone knows about: https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Before-Beginning-Roman

There's an interesting book about how things were headed south long before the events everyone knows about: https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Before-Beginning-Roman-Republic-ebook/dp/B01N9ZJXZJ/ref=sr_1_1 https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Before-Beginning-Roman-Republic...