Robert Nisbet on the Military-Civilizational Transition in Ancient Rome: Revision history

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2 October 2025

  • curprev 21:5321:53, 2 October 2025Mbauwens talk contribs 1,717 bytes +1,717 Created page with " =Discussion= Paul Mueller: "Nisbet tells a similar story about the transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. Pressures from war were the crucible that forged Roman society into a military community. And the process was remarkably similar to what had occurred in Athens. In Rome, the idea of the “patria potestas” dominated during the Republic. Fathers were priest and king of the family. Families were their own religious and political communities. Every..."