Mike Duncan author program

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
Atlanta, GA

Chronicling the years 146-78 BC, "The Storm Before the Storm" dives headlong into the first generation to face the treacherous new political environment made possible by Rome’s triumphant success. Abandoning the ancient principles of their forbearers, men like Marius, Sulla, and the Gracchi Brothers set dangerous new precedents that would start the Republic on the road to destruction—a stark warning for modern readers about what happens to a civilization that has lost its way. This was the beginning of the end of the Roman Republic.