The Cambridge companion to the Roman Republic
The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic examines all aspects of Roman history from 509 to 49 BC. A distinguished cast of international scholars presents a variety of lively approaches to understanding this key period. The second edition includes a new introduction, three new chapters on population, slavery, and the rise of empire, and updated bibliographies and maps.
Print Book, English, 2014
Cambridge University Press, New York, 2014
Historia
XLI, 476 p. il. 23 cm
9781107669420, 1107669421
904729745
Introduction to the second edition; Introduction to the first edition; Part I. Political and Military History: 1. The early Republic S. P. Oakley; 2. Power and process under the republican 'constitution' T. Corey Brennan; 3. The Roman army and navy David Potter; 4. The crisis of the Republic Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg; Part II. Roman Society: 5. Under Roman roofs: family, house, and household Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp; 6. Women in the Roman Republic Phyllis Culham; 7. Population Saskia Hin; 8. The Republican economy and Roman law: regulation, promotion, or reflection? Jean-Jacques Aubert; 9. The great transformation: slavery and the free Republic Brent D. Shaw; 10. Roman religion Jörg Rüpke; Part III. Rome's Empire: 11. Italy and the Roman Republic 338–331 BC Kathryn Lomas; 12. Rome and Carthage John F. Lazenby; 13. Rome and the Greek world Erich S. Gruen; 14. The rise of empire in the West (264–250 BC) Josiah Osgood; Part IV. Roman Culture: 15. Literature in the Roman Republic Elaine Fantham; 16. Roman art during the Republic Ann L. Kuttner; 17. Spectacle and political culture in the Roman Republic Harriet I. Flower; Part V. Epilogue: The Influence of the Roman Republic: 18. The Roman Republic and the French and American Revolutions Mortimer N. S. Sellers.