The Past That Wasn't

The Past That Wasn't

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The Past That Wasn't
The Past That Wasn't
What if…the republican ‘Liberators’ had won, defeating Mark Antony and Octavian (Augustus)?

What if…the republican ‘Liberators’ had won, defeating Mark Antony and Octavian (Augustus)?

Could the Roman Emperors have been prevented? The whole of European history (and moreover the history of applied political thought) looks different, if Brutus and Cassius triumph.

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Feb 07, 2022
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What if…the republican ‘Liberators’ had won, defeating Mark Antony and Octavian (Augustus)?
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What could they ‘Liberatores’ have done differently, so as to triumph?

The republican ‘Liberatores’, chiefly Brutus and Cassius, narrowly lost to the armies of Mark Antony and Octavian, thus leading t…

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