Corruption et le déclin de la République romaine
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https://doi.org/10.29173/agora19934Keywords:
roman Republic, Corruption, CollapseAbstract
This paper takes a look at the role of corruption in ending the Roman Republic. It does not purport to hold up corruption as the single deciding factor in the Roman Republic's collapse but rather hopes to show that corruption did have a responsibility in bringing down a 500 year-old institution. This dissertation was written by reviewing existing sources be they historical or analytical so as to find the elements needed to come to a conclusion answering the question posed above. The structure followed by this paper is as follows: the author first exposed how the Roman Republic's political system was organized and how it functioned. Secondly, the author defined corruption and detailed a historical example of this insidious entity. Finally, the fall of the Republic is chronicled and the role of corruption in this collapse is uncovered. To conclude, the author found that corruption did in fact play a non-negligible role in the overthrow of the Roman Republic.
Cette dissertation essaye de présenter quel a été le rôle de la corruption dans la chute de la République romaine. Toutefois, ce texte n'essaye pas d'assigner un rôle décisif à la corruption, mais tente plutôt de montrer que la corruption (parmi plusieurs autres facteurs) avait une responsabilité dans l'effondrement d'une institution vieille de plus de 500 ans. Cette rédaction a été écrite en révisant plusieurs sources historiques et analytiques existantes afin de trouver les éléments qui ont servis à répondre à la question ci-dessus. La structure de cette dissertation va comme suit: premièrement, l'auteur a exposé l'organisation et le fonctionnement de l'appareil politique qu'était la République romaine. Puis, l'auteur a définit la corruption et détaillé un exemple historique de cette entité insidieuse. Ensuite, l'auteur a chroniquer l'écroulement de la République et a mis à jour le rôle de la corruption dans cet affaissement. En conclusion, l'auteur à découvert que la corruption a joué un rôle non-négligeable dans la destruction de la République romaine.
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