The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic (Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 6/23/2014
EAN 9781107669420, ISBN10: 1107669421
Paperback, 518 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Language: English
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.
Introduction to the second edition
Introduction to the first edition
Part I. Political and Military History
1. The early Republic S. P. Oakley
2. Power and process under the republican 'constitution' T. Corey Brennan
3. The Roman army and navy David Potter
4. The crisis of the Republic Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg
Part II. Roman Society
5. Under Roman roofs
family, house, and household Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp
6. Women in the Roman Republic Phyllis Culham
7. Population Saskia Hin
8. The Republican economy and Roman law
regulation, promotion, or reflection? Jean-Jacques Aubert
9. The great transformation
slavery and the free Republic Brent D. Shaw
10. Roman religion Jörg Rüpke
Part III. Rome's Empire
11. Italy and the Roman Republic 338–331 BC Kathryn Lomas
12. Rome and Carthage John F. Lazenby
13. Rome and the Greek world Erich S. Gruen
14. The rise of empire in the West (264–250 BC) Josiah Osgood
Part IV. Roman Culture
15. Literature in the Roman Republic Elaine Fantham
16. Roman art during the Republic Ann L. Kuttner
17. Spectacle and political culture in the Roman Republic Harriet I. Flower
Part V. Epilogue
The Influence of the Roman Republic
18. The Roman Republic and the French and American Revolutions Mortimer N. S. Sellers.