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Title The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic / edited by Harriet I. Flower, Princeton University
Edition Second edition
Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Description xli, 476 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Series Cambridge companions to the ancient world
Cambridge companions to the ancient world.
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
Summary The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic examines all aspects of Roman history and civilization from 509 to 49 B.C. 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-463) and index
SUBJECT Rome -- History -- Republic, 510-30 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115114
Genre/Form History.
Author Flower, Harriet I.
LC no. 2013049901
ISBN 9781107032248 (hbk.)
1107032245 (hbk.)
9781107669420 (paperback)
1107669421 (paperback)
Other Titles Roman Republic