Rome at war : farms, families, and death in the Middle Republic / by Nathan Rosenstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenstein, Nathan Stewart.

Series:

Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.

Studies in the history of Greece and Rome

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Rome--History.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Rome--History.

Farms, Small--Rome--History.

Farms, Small.

War and society--Rome--History.

War and society.

Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Historians have long asserted that during and after the Hannibalic War, the Roman Republic's need to conscript men for long-term military service helped bring about the demise of Italy's small farms and that the misery of impoverished citizens then became fuel for the social and political conflagrations of the late republic. Nathan Rosenstein challenges this claim, showing how Rome reconciled the needs of war and agriculture throughout the middle republic.The key, Rosenstein argues, lies in recognizing the critical role of family formation. By analyzing models of families' needs for ag

Contents:

Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Agriculture in Italy from Hannibal to Tiberius Gracchus; 2. War and Agriculture: A Critique of the Conventional View; 3. War and the Life Cycles of Families: Three Models; 4. Mortality in War; 5. Military Mortality and Agrarian Crisis; Appendix 1. The Number of Roman Slaves in 168 B.C.; Appendix 2. The Accuracy of the Roman Calendar before 218 B.C.; Appendix 3. Tenancy; Appendix 4. The Minimum Age for Military Service; Appendix 5. The Proportion of Assidui in the Roman Population

Appendix 6. The Duration of Military Service in the Second Century B.C.Appendix 7. The Number of Citizen Deaths as a Result of Military Service between 203 and 168 B.C.; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-319) and index.

ISBN:

9798890877444

9780807864104

0807864102

OCLC:

559740620