Summary of Rob Goodman & Jimmy Soni's Rome's Last Citizen

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#1 When Cato was four years old, he was hanging by his feet from a high window. He was being shaken and dangled out the window by a politician named Pompaedius Silo. Despite being shaken and dangled out the window, Cato did not scream or cry for help.

#2 The story of Cato and the window is a prime example of how the Romans projected their adult characteristics onto their children. The story shows Cato being grabbed by an overwhelming force, facing death, and exhibiting utter calm in the face of it.

#3 The Italian question was a major issue in Roman politics, and it was addressed by the brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, who proposed to remedy Rome’s wealth gap by distributing public lands to the urban poor. They were ignored by the Senate.

#4 The assassination of Tiberius was a political assassination that was disguised as a religious ceremony. It was the first step towards Tiberius declaring himself tribune-for-life, his enemies said.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669395072

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Insights on Rob Goodman & Jimmy Soni's Romes Last Citizen

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

When Cato was four years old, he was hanging by his feet from a high window. He was being shaken and dangled out the window by a politician named Pompaedius Silo. Despite being shaken and dangled out the window, Cato did not scream or cry for help.

#2

The story of Cato and the window is a prime example of how the Romans projected their adult characteristics onto their children. The story shows Cato being grabbed by an overwhelming force, facing death, and exhibiting utter calm in the face of it.

#3

The Italian question was a major issue in Roman politics, and it was addressed by the brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, who proposed to remedy Rome’s wealth gap by distributing public lands to the urban poor. They were ignored by the Senate.

#4

The assassination of Tiberius was a political assassination that was disguised as a religious ceremony. It was the first step towards Tiberius declaring himself tribune-for-life, his enemies said.

#5

Gaius Gracchus was a Roman politician who helped build the Roman Republic. He was elected tribune ten years after Tiberius, and brought more than anger and grief to the work of coalition building. He invited Italians into his coalition, which caused a conservative backlash that led to his death.

#6

The story of the Gracchi brothers and the Roman Republic was a tale of two factions that defined the last century of the Republic. The populares were inspired by the brothers’ martyrdom, and they wanted to give power back to the people. The optimates were loyal to the traditional power of the Senate, and they wanted to preserve the Republic.

#7

By 91, three decades after the death of Gaius Gracchus, the Italians’ cause had gone nowhere. Yet the Italian elite continued to press for its say in the government and its share of the loot.

#8

The Roman Republic was also hated outside of Rome, by the people of Asia Minor, for its rapacious taxes, its colonists, and its occupying troops. In 88, King Mithridates of Pontus ordered the execution of every Roman and Italian person in his territory.

#9

The Troy Game was a public game for youths on horseback, and it was quite new in Cato’s time. The object of the game was to be the best rider, not to compete. The game was religious in nature, and its origins were traced to the ancient games that sanctified Trojan funerals.

#10

The Roman army was on a dangerously dwindling course. The Gracchi had tried to solve this problem by expanding the base of property owners, but Marius had found a much more successful solution: simply erasing the property qualification altogether. The desperate legions that resulted from this change ended Rome’s manpower worries for good.

#11

Sulla was elected Dictator for the Purpose of Making Laws and Stabilizing the Republic. He was able to dole out spoils like a king, and kill with a word. He chose his wife’s son and a