About the book: 2005 / The monograph by N.V. Chekanova is a fundamental scientific study devoted to one of the most important topics in the history of ancient Rome - the problem of the transition of the Roman states from republic to empire. The author successfully combines a detailed analysis of the activities of the leaders who paved the way for the new imperial regime - Sulla, Julius Caesar, Octavian Augustus - with a reconstruction of Roman public life in the era of the Civil Wars, the thoughts and feelings of various social groups, and the spiritual values ​​that the latter professed. Having carefully analyzed the evidence of a wide variety of ancient sources, as well as the hypotheses of predecessors, N.V. Chekanova comes to the conclusion that the process of transition from a republic to an empire was not a revolution or some kind of “one-time” reform, but a deep and comprehensive socio-cultural reformation of ancient Roman society .The book is addressed to both specialist historians and everyone interested in ancient history.