The Constitution of the Roman Republic Author:Andrew Lintott There is no other published book in English studying the constitution of the Roman Republic as a whole. Yet the Greek historian Polybius believed that the constitution was a fundamental cause of the exponential growth of Rome's empire. Knowledge of Rome's political institutions is essential both for ancient historians and for those who study the... more » contribution of Rome to the republican tradition of political thought from the Middle Ages to the revolutions inspired by the Enlightenment.« less