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Excerpt from The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic, Vol. 1 of 3 Under this impreflion the following narrative was undertaken, and chiey with, a view to the great revolution, by which the republican form of government was exchanged for defpotifm; and by which the Roman people, from being joint fovereigns of a great empire, became, together with their own provinces, the fubjeéts, and often the prey, of -a tyranny which was equally cruel to both. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.