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Companion to the Roman Republic

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Av ROSENSTEIN, Nathan Rosenstein, Robert Morstein-Marx, USA) Rosenstein, Nathan (Ohio State University, USA) Morstein-Marx, Robert (University of California, Santa Barbara

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This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practiced. Highlights recent developments, including archaeological discoveries, fresh approaches to textual sources, and the opening up of new areas of historical studyRetains the drama of the Republic’s rise and fallEmphasizes not just the evidence of texts and physical remains, but also the models and assumptions that scholars bring to these artefactsLooks at the role played by the physical geography and environment of ItalyOffers a compact but detailed narrative of military and political developments from the birth of the Roman Republic through to the death of Julius CaesarDiscusses current controversies in the field

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Utgivningsdatum2010-01-15
Mått173 x 246 x 41 mm
Vikt1 338 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBlackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Antal sidor768
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781444334135

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Nathan Rosenstein is Professor of History at the Ohio State University. He is the author of Imperatores Victi (1990) and Rome at War (2004), and coeditor of War and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds (2001). Robert Morstein-Marx is Professor of Classics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Hegemony to Empire: The Development of the Roman Imperium in the East (1995) and Mass Oratory and Political Power in the Late Roman Republic (2004).

List of Maps xList of Illustrations xiNotes on Contributors xivMaps xixAbbreviations xxviiPreface xxviiiRobert Morstein-Marx and Nathan RosensteinPart I Introductory 11 Methods, Models, and Historiography 3Martin JehneTranslated by Robert Morstein-Marx and Benjamin Wolkow2 Literary Sources 29Edward Bispham3 Epigraphy and Numismatics 51Mark Pobjoy4 The Topography and Archaeology of Republican Rome 81Mario TorelliTranslated by Helena Fracchia5 The Physical Geography and Environment of Republican Italy 102Simon StoddartPart II Narrative 1236 Between Myth and History: Rome’s Rise from Village to Empire (the Eighth Century to 264) 125Kurt A. Raaflaub7 Mediterranean Empire (264–134) 147Daniel J. Gargola8 From the Gracchi to the First Civil War (133–70) 167C. F. Konrad9 The Final Crisis (69–44) 190W. Jeffrey TatumPart III Civic Structures 21310 Communicating with the Gods 215Jörg Rüpke11 Law in the Roman Republic 236Michael C. Alexander12 The Constitution of the Roman Republic 256John A. North13 Army and Society 278Paul ErdkampPart IV Society 29714 Social Structure and Demography 299Neville Morley15 Finding Roman Women 324Beryl RawsonPart V Political Culture 34316 The City of Rome 345John R. Patterson17 Aristocratic Values 365Nathan Rosenstein18 Popular Power in the Roman Republic 383Alexander Yakobson19 Patronage 401Elizabeth DeniauxTranslated by Robert Morstein-Marx and Robert Martz20 Rhetoric and Public Life 421Jean-Michel DavidTranslated by Robert Morstein-Marx and Robert Martz21 The Republican Body 439Anthony CorbeillPart VI The Creation of a Roman Identity 45722 Romans and Others 459Erich S. Gruen23 History and Collective Memory in the Middle Republic 478Karl-J. Hölkeskamp24 Art and Architecture in the Roman Republic 496Katherine E. Welch25 Literature 543William W. BatstonePart VII Controversies 56526 Conceptualizing Roman Imperial Expansion under the Republic: An Introduction 567Arthur M. Eckstein27 The Economy: Agrarian Change During the Second Century 590Luuk de Ligt28 Rome and Italy 606John R. Patterson29 The Transformation of the Republic 625Robert Morstein-Marx and Nathan RosensteinBibliography 638Index 695