PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Rough Roman Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoElection day! Vote against the Optimates, and for Populares downballot!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down11
arrow-up142arrow-down1imageElection day! Vote against the Optimates, and for Populares downballot!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Rough Roman Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoI don’t doubt for a second that he would have tried to reform and change the system. I just doubt whether he could have succeeded or not.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoReform, quite possibly, but in what way? To what degree? The Republic’s constitution was a mess, and I don’t know that there was any salvaging it without rebuilding it from the ground up - or scrapping it, as Augustus effectively did.
I don’t doubt for a second that he would have tried to reform and change the system. I just doubt whether he could have succeeded or not.
Reform, quite possibly, but in what way? To what degree? The Republic’s constitution was a mess, and I don’t know that there was any salvaging it without rebuilding it from the ground up - or scrapping it, as Augustus effectively did.