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Referenced when discussing how the Oxford classicist saw parallels between the rise of the Caesars and the age of fascist and communist dictators in the 1930s. The text explicitly mentions Syme seeing 'a Roman revolution' in these events.

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Referenced when discussing the historical significance of the Battle of Philippi. Described as written 'in the thirties against the backdrop of fascism and show trials in Russia,' with a quote about Philippi being 'the last struggle of the free state.'

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Referenced as 'the famous book by Syme about the collapse of the Roman Republic' when discussing how some contemporaries were drawing parallels between the fall of the Roman Republic and the political crisis in Weimar Germany