The Roman civil wars : the archaeology and history of a crisis / Dominik Maschek ; translated by Joseph O'Donnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maschek, Dominik, author.

Contributor:

O'Donnell, Joseph, 1960 September 4- translator.

Series:

Liverpool studies in ancient history

Standardized Title:

Die römischen Bürgerkriege - Archäologie und Geschichte einer Krisenzeit. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Civil war--Rome.

Civil war.

Rome--History--Civil War, 49-45 B.C.

Rome.

Rome--History--Civil War, 43-31 B.C.

Rome--Antiquities.

Rome--History--Civil War, 49-45 B.C--Historiography.

Rome--History--Civil War, 43-31 B.C--Historiography.

Physical Description:

ix, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

"The late Roman Republic was characterized by severe crises, ranging from the time of the Gracchi to the Battle of Actium and finally ending with the Principate of Augustus. Individual military leaders such as Marius, Sulla, and Pompey acquired so much power that the internal cohesion of the Republic was shattered. The Roman state descended into civil war. By drawing upon a range of case studies, from monumental building to public dining, Dominik Maschek demonstrates that the harsh realities and disruptions of civil war were intimately bound up with growing wealth and prosperity: on the one hand, they were fueled by the increasing complexity of urban life and conspicuous consumption which gave rise to greed and violent appropriation; on the other hand, by the forceful and premature promotion of new 'controlling generations', they also played a vital role in conditioning the worldviews and socio-cultural norms that regulated the use of material culture. Drawing upon the latest advances in Roman archaeology and history, Dominik Maschek uses buildings and images, as well as rituals and acts of state, to analyze these structural underpinnings and the impact of the late Republican civil wars, and for the first time offers an overall interpretation of their cultural history"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

The trauma of annihilation. Rome's Mediterranean Revolution in the second century BCE ; Between 'globalization' and exploitation : the new Mediterranean world order ; Escalations of violence : causes and consequences

Society and crisis in late Republican Italy. Cities and the countryside ; Landownership and society in the Civil War Period ; Construction booms and consumer behaviour in times of crisis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-399) and indexes.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781836243380

1836243383

OCLC:

1518023159

Publisher Number:

90102099632

CIPO000199910