Maurice Bowra said in 1939 of Syme's The Roman Revolution " His work is extraordinarily persuasive and interesting ... the best book on Roman history that has appeared for many years ".

His earlier work focussed on the later Roman Republic, and culminated in The Last Generation of the Roman Republic, a work often cited as a response to Ronald Syme's The Roman Revolution.

Syme's main conclusion was that the structure of the Republic and its Senate were inadequate for the needs of Roman rule ; Augustus was merely doing what was necessary to restore order in public life, but was a dictatorial figure whose true nature was cloaked by the panegyrics written to honor him in his last years and after his death.

Shortly after the lawsuit was filed, Manson issued a statement denying responsibility for Syme's death, stating that the lawsuit was " completely without merit ".

Syme's mother told police her daughter was seeking treatment for back pain and depression just a few days prior to her death.

Broughton does not record a plebeian tribunate for Volusenus in The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, confirming only that Volusenus was a military tribune in 56 and held the rank of praefectus equitum in 52 – 51 and again in 48 .< ref > Broughton reassessed Volusenus's career in light of Syme's observations ( see above ) for the publication of volume 3 of The Magistrates of the Roman Republic ( Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1984 ), p. 224.

Syme's accession to the clinical chair was marked by two important changes in the conditions of it: the first was that the professor should have the care of surgical patients in the infirmary in right of his professorship, and the second, that attendance on his course should be obligatory on all candidates for the medical degree.

The main competitor over the life of the newspaper was David Syme's more liberal-minded The Age newspaper.

Syme's biography of Sallust ( 1964 ), based on his Sather Lectures at the University of California, is also regarded as authoritative.

Syme's The Augustan Aristocracy ( 1986 ) traces the prominent families under Augustus as a sequel to The Roman Revolution.

* Victoria University of Wellington's Classics Department holds a lecture in Syme's honour every two years.

Under Syme's control The Age exercised enormous political power in Victoria.

After Syme's death the paper remained in the hands of his three sons, with his eldest son Herbert Syme becoming general manager until his death in 1939.

Syme's will prevented the sale of any equity in the paper during his sons ' lifetimes, an arrangement designed to protect family control but which had the effect of starving the paper of investment capital for 40 years.

In 1942 David Syme's last surviving son, Oswald Syme, took over the paper.

Recently Alan Cameron has been able to demolish a number of Syme's and Barnes ' arguments for a composition date c. 395-400, suggesting a composition date between 361 to the 380s.

* Professor James Syme's calls for medical reform in 1854 and 1857, addressed to British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston.

Syme's conclusion of inevitability is less strongly supported than his elucidation of the takeover process, since at each point we see that Augustus is exercising his free choice, albeit for what he sees as the good of his country.

In tribute to Syme's memory, David Lynch dedicated the 2001 film Mulholland Drive to her.

In April 2002, Syme's mother, Maria St. John, sued Marilyn Manson for wrongful death for giving Syme " various quantities of an illegal controlled substance " and for " instructing to operate a motor vehicle in her incapacitated condition ".

* Ronald Syme's influential The Roman Revolution ( 1939 ) is an important example of prosopography.

Syme's techniques and interpretations altered forever the understanding of this period.

Syme's character is not inaptly summed up in the dedication to him by his old pupil, Dr John Brown, of the series of essays Locke and Sydenham: Verax, capax, perspicax, sagax, efficax, tenax.

Syme's daughter Agnes married Joseph Lister, who in 1854 had been appointed first assistant surgeon to Syme at the University of Edinburgh.

The next pope, Clement VIII, set great store by him.

His primary duty was planning for the next war which proved most difficult in the midst of the great depression.

The English nuns were proud of this heritage, and aware that many of them shared in England's great history as members of the noble class, as seen in the next chapter.

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After the first great victory of the French revolutionary troops at the Battle of Valmy on 20 September 1792, the French First Republic was proclaimed the next day, on 21 September 1792.

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A highly introspective man, he shaped the nascent humanist movement a great deal because many of the internal conflicts and musings expressed in his writings were seized upon by Renaissance humanist philosophers and argued continually for the next 200 years.

As John Bright, the liberal statesman of the next generation, said, " It was not a good Bill, but it was a great Bill when it passed.

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Raiders returner Rodger Bird gave them great field position with a 12-yard return to Green Bay's 40-yard line, but Oakland could only gain 1 yard with their next 3 plays and came up empty when George Blanda's 47-yard field goal attempt fell short of the goal posts.

The Dolphins could only gain 3 yards with their next three plays, and Washington ended up getting the ball back with great field position on their own 48-yard line.

Washington quickly forced Miami to punt on their next possession, and punt returner Mike Nelms's 12-yard return gave the Redskins great field position at the Dolphins 41-yard line.

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The next four years saw a great deal of litigation by the will of Elizabeth Rice.

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