The Roman World A Sourcebook

by Cherry, David

• ISBN13: 9780631217848
• ISBN10: 0631217843
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The 57 documents in this sourcebook introduce readers to many of the major topics of Roman history, from the period of the Twelve Tables (c.451 BC) to the later Roman empire: the structure of Roman society, slavery, the position of women and the nature of family life, farm-management and agricultural practices, scientific and medical knowledge, political and religious life, the military, and the non-Roman world beyond the frontiers. Each of the selections has been chosen for its historical significance and intrinsic interest, and is introduced and annotated by the editor. Extended selections from works such as Petronius' 'Satyricon' and Suetonius' biography of the mad emperor Caligula allow readers to encounter the events and personalities of the era at first hand, while maps, suggestions for further reading, and a chronological table aid interpretation.The collection will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the nature of the Roman world. It is an ideal supplement for narrative survey courses or can be used independently as a theme-based approach to Roman history.

Author Biography

David Cherry is Associate Professor of History at Montana State University, Bozeman. He is the author of Frontier and Society in Roman North Africa (1998) and has recently updated A History of Rome by Marcel Le Glay, Jean-Louis Voisin and Yann Le Bohec (2nd edition, Blackwell, 2000).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	viii
Preface and Acknowledgments	ix
The Social Order	1	(38)
The Twelve Tables	4	(5)
Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder (selections)	9	(4)
Juvenal, Satires 3	13	(5)
Horace, Satires 2.8	18	(3)
Diodorus of Sicily, Historical Library 34.2	21	(5)
L'Annee Epigraphique 1971,88	26	(2)
Petronius, Satyricon (selections)	28	(8)
Theodosian Code (selections)	36	(3)
Women, Marriage, and Family	39	(24)
Livy, History of Rome 34.2--4	42	(2)
Juvenal, Satires 6 (selections)	44	(7)
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 744	51	(1)
Berliner Griechische Urkunden 1052	51	(1)
Plutarch, Precepts of Marriage (selections)	52	(2)
Laudatio Turiae (Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae 8393)	54	(4)
Pliny, Letters 4.19	58	(1)
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 13.1983	59	(2)
Valerius Maximus, Memorable Deeds and Saying 6.3.9-12	61	(2)
Economy	63	(17)
Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder 21	64	(1)
Cicero, On Duties 1.150-1	65	(1)
Cato, On Agriculture (selections)	66	(5)
Columella, On Farming (selections)	71	(9)
Science and Medicine	80	(18)
Pliny the Elder, Natural History (selections)	81	(7)
Celsus, On Medicine (selections)	88	(4)
Galen, On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body 14.6-7	92	(1)
Soranus, Gynecology (selections)	93	(5)
Politics and Government	98	(56)
Polybius, Histories (selections)	101	(4)
Cicero, In Defense of Sestius (selections)	105	(2)
Quintus Cicero, Handbook on Campaigning for Office	107	(11)
Tacitus, Annals 1.1-15	118	(8)
Augustus, Accomplishments of the Deified Augustus	126	(7)
Suetonius, Caligula (selections)	133	(6)
Diocletian, Price Edict (selections)	139	(5)
Ammianus Marcellinus, History (selections)	144	(7)
Theodosian Code (selections)	151	(3)
Rome and the Provinces	154	(20)
Cicero, Letters to his Brother Quintus 1.1.8-35	156	(6)
British Museum Papyrus 1912	162	(2)
Charter of Urso (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 1.594) (selections)	164	(3)
Aelius Aristides, To Rome (selections)	167	(7)
The Army	174	(19)
Vegetius, Epitome of Military Science (selections)	176	(4)
Polybius, Histories (selections)	180	(4)
R. O. Fink, Roman Military Records on Papyrus, no. 63	184	(2)
Anonymous, On Military Matters (selections)	186	(7)
Beyond The Frontier	193	(17)
Caesar, Gallic War 6.13-23	196	(3)
Tacitus, Agricola (selections)	199	(3)
Tacitus, Germania (selections)	202	(4)
Ammianus Marcellinus, History 23.6.75-84	206	(1)
Ammianus Marcellinus, History 31.2.1-11	207	(3)
Pagans and Christians	210	(25)
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.67	214	(1)
Plutarch, Life of Romulus 21.3-5	215	(1)
Cato, On Agriculture 139-41	215	(1)
Augustine, City of God 4.8	216	(2)
Apuleius, Metamorphoses 11 (selections)	218	(3)
Minucius Felix, Octavius (selections)	221	(3)
Tacitus, Annals 15.44	224	(1)
Pliny, Letters 10.96-7	224	(2)
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 5.1-31	226	(3)
H. Musurillo, The Acts of the Christian Martyrs, no. 22	229	(6)
Notes	235	(16)
Appendix 1 Roman Emperors, to AD 395	251	(1)
Appendix 2 Coins, Weights, and Measures	252	(2)
Chronological Table	254	(6)
Index	260