A companion to the Roman Republic / / edited by Nathan Rosenstein & Robert Morstein-Marx

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910143284103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006
• ISBN: 1-78268-488-3; 1-280-74316-6; 9786610743162; 0-470-79442-9; 1-4051-6554-5; 0-470-99698-6; 1-4051-7203-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (771 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell companions to the ancient world
• Altri autori (Persone): RosensteinNathan Stewart; Morstein-MarxRobert
• Disciplina: 937.02
• Soggetti: Rome History; Rome History Republic, 510-30 B.C; Rome Civilization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A COMPANION TO THE ROMAN REPUBLIC; Contents; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Maps; Abbreviations; Preface; Part I Introductory; 1 Methods, Models, and Historiography; 2 Literary Sources; 3 Epigraphy and Numismatics; 4 The Topography and Archaeology of Republican Rome; 5 The Physical Geography and Environment of Republican Italy; Part II Narrative; 6 Between Myth and History: Rome's Rise from Village to Empire (the Eighth Century to 264); 7 Mediterranean Empire (264-134); 8 From the Gracchi to the First Civil War (133...70); 9 The Final Crisis (69-44); Part III Civic Structures10 Communicating with the Gods; 11 Law in the Roman Republic; 12 The Constitution of the Roman Republic; 13 Army and Society; Part IV Society; 14 Social Structure and Demography; 15 Finding Roman Women; Part V Political Culture; 16 The City of Rome; 17 Aristocratic Values; 18 Popular Power in the Roman Republic; 19 ; Patronage; 20 Rhetoric and Public Life; 21 The Republican Body; Part VI The Creation of a Roman Identity; 22 Romans and Others; 23 History and Collective Memory in the Middle Republic; 24 Art and Architecture in the Roman Republic; 25 Literature; Part VII Controversies26 Conceptualizing Roman Imperial Expansion under the Republic: An Introduction; 27 The Economy: Agrarian Change During the Second Century; 28 Rome and Italy; 29 The Transformation of the Republic; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 detail