CHAPTER XXIII. Fall of the Republic. Causes of the Decadence--Destruction of the

FALL OF THE REPUBLIC. Causes of the decadence--Destruction of the peasant class--The city plebs--Electoral corruption--Corruption of the Senate--Corruption of the army.

THE REVOLUTION. Necessity of the revolution--Civil wars--The Gracchi-- Marius and Sulla--Pompey and Caesar--End of the Republic--Need of peace--Power of the individual.