Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vi
List of Plates vii
Maps and Diagrams viii
Introduction - When is a Civil War not a Civil War? 1
Timeline 4
Notes on Roman Names 5
The Oncoming Storm
Chapter 1 The Road to Civil War 8
Chapter 2 War in Italy (91-87BC) 21
From Crisis to Collapse
Chapter 3 Coups and Counter-coups in Rome (88 BC) 56
Chapter 4 The Consuls at War (87 BC) 76
Chapter 5 Peace in Italy - a World at War (86-84BC) 97
Total Civil War
Chapter 6 The War for Italy (83-82 BC) 116
Chapter 7 Peace in Italy; a World at War II (82-79 BC) 145
From Collapse to Recovery
Chapter 8 The Wars in Italy and Spain (78-77 BC) 164
Chapter 9 The War in Spain (77-74 BC) 178
Chapter 10 War on Two Fronts: Spain and Asia (74-71 BC) 197
Chapter 11 The Rise of the New Republic (71-70BC) 212
Appendix I On the Offensive - Roman Expansion in the 70sBC 220
Appendix II The Second Civil War (63-62 BC) 225
Appendix III Two Decades of Bloodshed - Roman Senatorial Causalities in the First Civil War 236
Notes and References 243
Bibliography 270
Index 281