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Quote:"But he who greatly excels in beauty, strength, birth, or wealth, or on the other hand who is very poor , or very weak, or very much disgraced, finds it difficult to follow rational principle" (Aristotle, Politics, Book 4, 4.11).
Quote: "And afterwards, when he had at last become absolute in power, and was putting many to death, a freedman, who was thought to be concealing one of the proscribed, and was therefore to be thrown down the Tarpeian rock" (Plutarch, Life of Sulla, Book I).
Quote: "For the nobles will be dissatisfied because they think themselves worthy of more than an equal share of honors;" (Aristotle, Politics, Book 2, 2.7).
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Quote: "And afterwards, when he had at last become absolute in power, and was putting many to death, a freedman, who was thought to be concealing one of the proscribed, and was therefore to be thrown down the Tarpeian rock" (Plutarch, Life of Sulla, Book I).
Quote: "For the nobles will be dissatisfied because they think themselves worthy of more than an equal share of honors;" (Aristotle, Politics, Book 2, 2.7).
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Three pictures accompanied by short descriptions
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Two audio files, one including a discussion on the guiding questions, the other including a thorough analysis of the last two excerpts
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Video summarizing the timeline of the Republic
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Analytical Review on the Late Republic
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Five excerpts. Reproduced from other sources.
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Links
Primary Sources
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Sulla*.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Marius*.html
http://lexundria.com/cic_phil/1/y
Secondary Sources
http://www.ushistory.org/civ/6a.asp
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/socialclass.html
http://www.hierarchystructure.com/roman-republic-social-hierarchy/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/430565/Optimates-and-Populares
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/572893/Lucius-Cornelius-Sulla
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/romeancientrome/a/12tablets_2.htm
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Sulla*.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Marius*.html
http://lexundria.com/cic_phil/1/y
Secondary Sources
http://www.ushistory.org/civ/6a.asp
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/socialclass.html
http://www.hierarchystructure.com/roman-republic-social-hierarchy/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/430565/Optimates-and-Populares
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/572893/Lucius-Cornelius-Sulla
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/romeancientrome/a/12tablets_2.htm