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Book Synopsis
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 study. Retains the drama of the Republic's rise and fall.

Table of Contents

List of Maps x

List of Illustrations xi

Notes on Contributors xiv

Maps xix

Abbreviations xxvii

Preface xxviii
Robert Morstein-Marx and Nathan Rosenstein

Part I Introductory 1

1 Methods, Models, and Historiography 3
Martin Jehne
Translated by Robert Morstein-Marx and Benjamin Wolkow

2 Literary Sources 29
Edward Bispham

3 Epigraphy and Numismatics 51
Mark Pobjoy

4 The Topography and Archaeology of Republican Rome 81
Mario Torelli
Translated by Helena Fracchia

5 The Physical Geography and Environment of Republican Italy 102
Simon Stoddart

Part II Narrative 123

6 Between Myth and History: Rome’s Rise from Village to Empire (the Eighth Century to 264) 125
Kurt A. Raaflaub

7 Mediterranean Empire (264–134) 147
Daniel J. Gargola

8 From the Gracchi to the First Civil War (133–70) 167
C. F. Konrad

9 The Final Crisis (69–44) 190
W. Jeffrey Tatum

Part III Civic Structures 213

10 Communicating with the Gods 215
Jörg Rüpke

11 Law in the Roman Republic 236
Michael C. Alexander

12 The Constitution of the Roman Republic 256
John A. North

13 Army and Society 278
Paul Erdkamp

Part IV Society 297

14 Social Structure and Demography 299
Neville Morley

15 Finding Roman Women 324
Beryl Rawson

Part V Political Culture 343

16 The City of Rome 345
John R. Patterson

17 Aristocratic Values 365
Nathan Rosenstein

18 Popular Power in the Roman Republic 383
Alexander Yakobson

19 Patronage 401
Elizabeth Deniaux
Translated by Robert Morstein-Marx and Robert Martz

20 Rhetoric and Public Life 421
Jean-Michel David
Translated by Robert Morstein-Marx and Robert Martz

21 The Republican Body 439
Anthony Corbeill

Part VI The Creation of a Roman Identity 457

22 Romans and Others 459
Erich S. Gruen

23 History and Collective Memory in the Middle Republic 478
Karl-J. Hölkeskamp

24 Art and Architecture in the Roman Republic 496
Katherine E. Welch

25 Literature 543
William W. Batstone

Part VII Controversies 565

26 Conceptualizing Roman Imperial Expansion under the Republic: An Introduction 567
Arthur M. Eckstein

27 The Economy: Agrarian Change During the Second Century 590
Luuk de Ligt

28 Rome and Italy 606
John R. Patterson

29 The Transformation of the Republic 625
Robert Morstein-Marx and Nathan Rosenstein

Bibliography 638

Index 695

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 15/01/2010
      ISBN13: 9781444334135, 978-1444334135
      ISBN10: 1444334131
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 study. Retains the drama of the Republic's rise and fall.

      Table of Contents

      List of Maps x

      List of Illustrations xi

      Notes on Contributors xiv

      Maps xix

      Abbreviations xxvii

      Preface xxviii
      Robert Morstein-Marx and Nathan Rosenstein

      Part I Introductory 1

      1 Methods, Models, and Historiography 3
      Martin Jehne
      Translated by Robert Morstein-Marx and Benjamin Wolkow

      2 Literary Sources 29
      Edward Bispham

      3 Epigraphy and Numismatics 51
      Mark Pobjoy

      4 The Topography and Archaeology of Republican Rome 81
      Mario Torelli
      Translated by Helena Fracchia

      5 The Physical Geography and Environment of Republican Italy 102
      Simon Stoddart

      Part II Narrative 123

      6 Between Myth and History: Rome’s Rise from Village to Empire (the Eighth Century to 264) 125
      Kurt A. Raaflaub

      7 Mediterranean Empire (264–134) 147
      Daniel J. Gargola

      8 From the Gracchi to the First Civil War (133–70) 167
      C. F. Konrad

      9 The Final Crisis (69–44) 190
      W. Jeffrey Tatum

      Part III Civic Structures 213

      10 Communicating with the Gods 215
      Jörg Rüpke

      11 Law in the Roman Republic 236
      Michael C. Alexander

      12 The Constitution of the Roman Republic 256
      John A. North

      13 Army and Society 278
      Paul Erdkamp

      Part IV Society 297

      14 Social Structure and Demography 299
      Neville Morley

      15 Finding Roman Women 324
      Beryl Rawson

      Part V Political Culture 343

      16 The City of Rome 345
      John R. Patterson

      17 Aristocratic Values 365
      Nathan Rosenstein

      18 Popular Power in the Roman Republic 383
      Alexander Yakobson

      19 Patronage 401
      Elizabeth Deniaux
      Translated by Robert Morstein-Marx and Robert Martz

      20 Rhetoric and Public Life 421
      Jean-Michel David
      Translated by Robert Morstein-Marx and Robert Martz

      21 The Republican Body 439
      Anthony Corbeill

      Part VI The Creation of a Roman Identity 457

      22 Romans and Others 459
      Erich S. Gruen

      23 History and Collective Memory in the Middle Republic 478
      Karl-J. Hölkeskamp

      24 Art and Architecture in the Roman Republic 496
      Katherine E. Welch

      25 Literature 543
      William W. Batstone

      Part VII Controversies 565

      26 Conceptualizing Roman Imperial Expansion under the Republic: An Introduction 567
      Arthur M. Eckstein

      27 The Economy: Agrarian Change During the Second Century 590
      Luuk de Ligt

      28 Rome and Italy 606
      John R. Patterson

      29 The Transformation of the Republic 625
      Robert Morstein-Marx and Nathan Rosenstein

      Bibliography 638

      Index 695

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