The Cambridge companion to the Roman Republic / edited by Harriet I. Flower, Princeton University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flower, Harriet I., editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to the ancient world.

Cambridge companions to the ancient world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xli, 476 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic examines all aspects of Roman history and civilization from 509 to 49 BC. The key development of the republican period was Rome's rise from a small city to a wealthy metropolis, which served as the international capital of an extensive Mediterranean empire. These centuries produced a classic republican political culture, closely associated with the growth of a world empire. They also witnessed the slow disintegration of republican government under the relentless and combined pressure of external commitments, growing internal dissension, and the boundless ambition of successful military leaders. In the second edition of this Companion volume, distinguished European, Canadian, and American scholars present a variety of lively current approaches to understanding the political, military, and social aspects of Roman history, as well as its literary and visual culture. The second edition includes a new introduction, three new chapters on population, slavery, and the rise of empire, and updated bibliographies and maps.

Contents:

The early republic / S.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-Joachim Höleskamp

Women in the Roman Republic / Phyllis Culham

Population / Saskia Hin

The Republican economy and Roman law : regulation, promotion, or reflection? / Jean-Jacques Aubert

The great transformation : slavery and the free republic / Brent D. Shaw

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

The rise of empire in the West (264-50 B.C.) / Josiah Osgood

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781139985451

1139985450

9781139990066

1139990063

9781139424783

1139424785

OCLC:

1078516996