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The Cambridge companion to the Roman Republic / / edited by Harriet I. Flower [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 405 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge companions to the ancient world |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Rome History Republic, 510-30 B.C |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Early republic / Stephen P. Oakley -- Power and process under the republican "constitution" / T. Corey Brennan -- The Roman army and navy / David Potter -- The crisis of the republic / Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg -- Under Roman roofs : family, house, and household / Karl-J. Hölkeskamp -- Women in the Roman republic / Phyllis Culham -- The republican economy and Roman law : regulation, promotion, or reflection? / Jean-Jacques Aubert -- Roman religion / Jörg Rüpke -- Italy during the Roman republic, 338-31 B.C. / Kathryn Lomas -- Rome and Carthage / John F. Lazenby -- Rome and the Greek world / Erich S. Gruen -- Literature in the Roman republic / Elaine Fantham -- Roman art during the republic / Ann L. Kuttner -- Spectacle and political culture in the Roman republic / Harriet I. Flower -- The Roman republic and the French and American revolutions / Mortimer N.S. Sellers. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic examines all aspects of Roman history and civilization from 509-49 BC. The key development of the republican period was Rome's rise from a small city to a wealthy metropolis and international capital of an extensive Mediterranean empire. These centuries produced the classic republican political system and the growth of a world empire. They also witnessed the disintegration of this system under the pressure of internal dissension and boundless ambition of its leading politicians. In this Companion volume, distinguished European and American scholars present a variety of lively approaches to understanding the political, military, and social aspects of Roman history, as well as its literary and |
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visual culture. Designed to be accessible to the general reader and to students, The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic will invite further exploration to a vital, formative period of Roman history and its later influence. |
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