Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; General introduction; Part I: The evidence for the gens; Chapter 1: The ancient evidence; Chapter 2: Modern interpretations; Chapter 3: The gens in the mirror: Roman gens and Attic genos; Chapter 4: Archaeology and the gens; Part I: Conclusion; Part II: Towards an interpretation of the gens; Chapter 5: The Roman community; Chapter 6: The Roman curiae; Chapter 7: The patricians and the land; Chapter 8: The patriciate; Chapter 9: Warfare in the regal and early Republican periods
Summary
The gens was a key social formation in archaic Rome, yet our understanding of it has been blurred by the myths which it has attracted. The book reconsiders the evidence and compares the ancient sources and modern interpretative models in order to present a new explanation of this important phenomenon
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-383) and indexes
