A Companion to the Roman Republic

by Editor: Nathan Rosenstein (Ohio State University, USA ); Editor: Robert Morstein-Marx (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA )

• ISBN13: 9781405172035
• ISBN10: 1405172037
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman republican history as it is currently practiced. The volumetakes account of recent developments that have enriched our picture of the Republic. These include the continuing archaeological exploration of Italy, increasingly sophisticated approaches to textual sources, and the opening up of new areas of historical study and debate such as the nature of the republican political system, Roman identity formation, representation of the body, collective memory, and demography and social structure. At the same time, the book retains the drama of the Republic's rise and fall. The Companion is divided into three parts. The opening section emphasizes both the evidence of texts and physical remains, and the models and assumptions that scholars bring to these artifacts. This section includes coverage of the role played by the physical geography and environment of Italy. The second part offers a compact but detailed narrative of military and political developments from the birth of Rome through to the death of Julius Caesar; while the third and longest part highlights recent research and current controversies in the field.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introductory

Methods, Models, and Historiography

Literary Sources

Epigraphy and Numismatics

Topography and Archaeology of Republican Rome

The Physical Geography and Environment of Republican Italy

Narrative

Between Myth and HistoryRome's Rise from Village to Empire (the Eighth Century to 264)

Mediterranean Empire (264-134)

The Gracchi to the First Civil War (133-70)

The Final Crisis (69-44)

Civic Structures

Communicating with the Gods

Law in the Roman Republic

The Constitution of the Roman Republic

Army and Society

Society

Social Structure and Demography

Finding Roman Women

Political Culture

The City of Rome

Aristocratic ValuesNathan Rosenstein

Popular Power in the Roman Republic

Patronage

Rhetoric and Public Life

The Republican Body

The Creation of a Roman Identity

Romans and Others

History and Collective Memory in the Middle Republic

Art and Architecture in the Roman Republic

Literature

Controversies

Conceptualizing Roman Imperial Expansion under the Republic: An Introduction

The Economy: Agrarian Change During the Second Century

Rome and Italy

The Transformation of the Republic

Bibliography

Index

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