Gregory Aldrete

Enormous success on the surface, you end up with this boiling pot of resentment and unhappiness. Let's break this down. Who's unhappy? Well, The people fighting Rome's wars, the common farmers who went off to fight, they joined the army. They went and fought. They've come back. They've seen Rome get wealthy. They've seen their generals get wealthy. They've conquered all these areas.

Enormous success on the surface, you end up with this boiling pot of resentment and unhappiness. Let's break this down. Who's unhappy? Well, The people fighting Rome's wars, the common farmers who went off to fight, they joined the army. They went and fought. They've come back. They've seen Rome get wealthy. They've seen their generals get wealthy. They've conquered all these areas.

Enormous success on the surface, you end up with this boiling pot of resentment and unhappiness. Let's break this down. Who's unhappy? Well, The people fighting Rome's wars, the common farmers who went off to fight, they joined the army. They went and fought. They've come back. They've seen Rome get wealthy. They've seen their generals get wealthy. They've conquered all these areas.

All this money and stuff is flowing back to Rome. But when they're discharged from the army, they don't get that much. So they feel like, I spent the best years of my life fighting for my country. I deserve a reward. I haven't gotten it. So you have a lot of veterans who are now unemployed or underemployed.

All this money and stuff is flowing back to Rome. But when they're discharged from the army, they don't get that much. So they feel like, I spent the best years of my life fighting for my country. I deserve a reward. I haven't gotten it. So you have a lot of veterans who are now unemployed or underemployed.

All this money and stuff is flowing back to Rome. But when they're discharged from the army, they don't get that much. So they feel like, I spent the best years of my life fighting for my country. I deserve a reward. I haven't gotten it. So you have a lot of veterans who are now unemployed or underemployed.

Many of them have sold their small family farms when they went off to join the army, and now they don't have them. So that group's unhappy, the veterans. You have the aristocrats, who on the surface, the ones who are doing well, they're the politicians and the generals.

Many of them have sold their small family farms when they went off to join the army, and now they don't have them. So that group's unhappy, the veterans. You have the aristocrats, who on the surface, the ones who are doing well, they're the politicians and the generals.

Many of them have sold their small family farms when they went off to join the army, and now they don't have them. So that group's unhappy, the veterans. You have the aristocrats, who on the surface, the ones who are doing well, they're the politicians and the generals.

But as time goes on, the ones who get the plum appointments, who get the good generalships, starts coming from a smaller and smaller subset of the aristocrats. The Scipios and their friends start to dominate. So you end up where most of the aristocratic class is feeling, hey, I'm left out. I didn't get what I deserved.

But as time goes on, the ones who get the plum appointments, who get the good generalships, starts coming from a smaller and smaller subset of the aristocrats. The Scipios and their friends start to dominate. So you end up where most of the aristocratic class is feeling, hey, I'm left out. I didn't get what I deserved.

But as time goes on, the ones who get the plum appointments, who get the good generalships, starts coming from a smaller and smaller subset of the aristocrats. The Scipios and their friends start to dominate. So you end up where most of the aristocratic class is feeling, hey, I'm left out. I didn't get what I deserved.

What about the half-citizens and the allies, the Italians, who have fought for Rome, who stayed loyal when Hannibal invaded? They didn't go over to his side. Well, they feel, rightfully, we stayed loyal to Rome. We fought for them. We deserve our reward. We should be full citizens. But the Romans are traditional. They're conservative. They don't like change. They don't give them that.

What about the half-citizens and the allies, the Italians, who have fought for Rome, who stayed loyal when Hannibal invaded? They didn't go over to his side. Well, they feel, rightfully, we stayed loyal to Rome. We fought for them. We deserve our reward. We should be full citizens. But the Romans are traditional. They're conservative. They don't like change. They don't give them that.

What about the half-citizens and the allies, the Italians, who have fought for Rome, who stayed loyal when Hannibal invaded? They didn't go over to his side. Well, they feel, rightfully, we stayed loyal to Rome. We fought for them. We deserve our reward. We should be full citizens. But the Romans are traditional. They're conservative. They don't like change. They don't give them that.

What about all the slaves? Well, they've conquered all these foreigners. They've sold them. Now many of them are working these plantations, big plantations owned by rich people that used to be little family farms. The slaves are obviously unhappy. So you end up with a society where it's incredibly successful by about 100 BC.

What about all the slaves? Well, they've conquered all these foreigners. They've sold them. Now many of them are working these plantations, big plantations owned by rich people that used to be little family farms. The slaves are obviously unhappy. So you end up with a society where it's incredibly successful by about 100 BC.

What about all the slaves? Well, they've conquered all these foreigners. They've sold them. Now many of them are working these plantations, big plantations owned by rich people that used to be little family farms. The slaves are obviously unhappy. So you end up with a society where it's incredibly successful by about 100 BC.

But almost every group that composes it feels like I haven't shared in the benefits of what's happened or I've been exploited by it. So they all end up intensely unhappy. And the next 100-year period from 133 to 31 BC is called the Late Roman Republic. And it's a time of nearly constant internal strife, ultimately culminating in multiple rounds of civil war.

But almost every group that composes it feels like I haven't shared in the benefits of what's happened or I've been exploited by it. So they all end up intensely unhappy. And the next 100-year period from 133 to 31 BC is called the Late Roman Republic. And it's a time of nearly constant internal strife, ultimately culminating in multiple rounds of civil war.