The Senate of the Roman Republic: Addresses on the History of Roman ConstitutionalismProvides a series of fourteen addresses delivered in 1993 before the Senate by Senator Robert C. Byrd. Discusses the constitutional history of separated and shared powers as shaped in the republic and empire of ancient Rome. These lectures are also in opposition to the proposed line-item veto concept. The introduction states that Senator Byrd delivered these speeches entirely from memory and without notes. |
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Rome Triumphant 202133 B C | 83 |
Erosion of Senate Authority | 93 |
War Revolution and Turmoil | 105 |
Death Throes of the Roman Republic | 119 |
The Rise of Julius Caesar 6044 B C | 131 |
Little More Than a Name 4623 B C | 145 |
A Turbulent Stream Flowing through Dark Centuries of Intrigue and Violence | 161 |
Mainstay of the Republic | 175 |
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