Nathan Rosenstein / Morstein-Marx Robert

A Companion to the Roman Republic

Herausgeber: Rosenstein, Nathan; Morstein-Marx, Robert

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman republican history as it is currently practiced. The volumetakes account of recent developments that have enriched our picture of the Republic. These include the continuing archaeological exploration of Italy, increasingly sophisticated approaches to textual sources, and the opening up of new areas of historical study and debate such as the nature of the republican political system, Roman identity formation, representation of the body, collective memory, and demography and social structure. At the same time, the book retains the drama of the Republic's rise and fall. The Companion is divided into three parts. The opening section emphasizes both the evidence of texts and physical remains, and the models and assumptions that scholars bring to these artifacts. This section includes coverage of the role played by the physical geography and environment of Italy. The second part offers a compact but detailed narrative of military and political developments from the birth of Rome through to the death of Julius Caesar; while the third and longest part highlights recent research and current controversies in the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 776
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 179mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1479g
• ISBN-13: 9781405102179
• ISBN-10: 1405102179
• Artikelnr.: 22274669

Autorenporträt

Nathan Rosenstein is Professor of History at the Ohio State University. He is the author of Imperatores Victi (1990) and Rome at War (2004), and coeditor of War and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds (2001). Robert Morstein-Marx is Professor of Classics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Hegemony to Empire: The Development of the Roman Imperium in the East (1995) and Mass Oratory and Political Power in the Late Roman Republic (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

Part I: Introductory.

1. Methods, Models, and Historiography. (Martin Jehne).

2. Literary Sources. (Edward Bispham).

3. Epigraphy and Numismatics. (Mark Pobjoy).

4. Topography and Archaeology of Republican Rome. (MarioTorelli).

5. The Physical Geography and Environment of Republican Italy.(Simon Stoddart).

Part II: Narrative.

6. Between Myth and History. Rome's Rise from Village to Empire(the Eighth Century to 264). (Kurt A. Raaflaub).

7. Mediterranean Empire (264-134). (Daniel J. Gargola).

8. The Gracchi to the First Civil War (133-70). (C. F.Konrad).

9. The Final Crisis (69-44). (W. Jeffrey Tatum).

Part III: Civic Structures.

10. Communicating with the Gods. (Jörg Rüpke).

11. Law in the Roman Republic. (Michael C. Alexander).

12. The Constitution of the Roman Republic. (John A. North).

13. Army and Society. (Paul Erdkamp).

Part IV: Society.

14. Social Structure and Demography. (Neville Morley).

15. Finding Roman Women. (Beryl Rawson).

Part V: Political Culture.

16. The City of Rome. (John R. Patterson).

17. Aristocratic Values. Nathan Rosenstein.

18. Popular Power in the Roman Republic. (AlexanderYakobson).

19. Patronage. (Elizabeth Deniaux).

20. Rhetoric and Public Life. (Jean-Michel David).

21. The Republican Body. (Anthony Corbeill).

Part VI: The Creation of a Roman Identity.

22. Romans and Others. (Erich S. Gruen).

23. History and Collective Memory in the Middle Republic.(Karl-J. Hölkeskamp).

24. Art and Architecture in the Roman Republic. (Katherine E.Welch).

25. Literature. (William W. Batstone).

Part VII: Controversies.

26. Conceptualizing Roman Imperial Expansion under the Republic:An Introduction. (Arthur M. Eckstein).

27. The Economy: Agrarian Change During the Second Century.(Luuk de Ligt).

28. Rome and Italy. (John R. Patterson).

29. The Transformation of the Republic. (Robert Morstein-Marxand Nathan Rosenstein).

Bibliography.

Index

Rezensionen

"This book, which will be many things to many readers, will bevaluable as a modern source and as a reference work vital in whatis the ever increasing complex world of ancient historicalresearch." (Scholia Reviews, 2009)

"Students cannot fail to benefit from the eminent collaborators[in this Companion].... Individual contributions have much foranyone keen to catch up." (Greece & Rome, 2008)

"It does provide readable, expert surveys of the rise of Romanpower in the Mediterranean in the formative imperial era. Inaddition to chapters on political and social topics, thisCompanion offers fine surveys of topography, literature andliterary sources, law, art and architecture, and Roman 'culturalidentity.'...Highly recommended." ( Choice)

"[Authors] do an excellent job of re-packaging RomanRepublican history ... and I applaud their efforts to provide... interesting debates within recent scholarship." (New England Classical Journal)"A Companion to the Roman Republic is a really exciting newresource. The contributors are individually heavy-hitters andcollectively form a first-rate international team. The work coversnot just the topics one would have counted on but other new onesthat deserve to become canonical. I'm happy that this work isnow available both for myself and for my students."
-Andrew M. Riggsby, University of Texas, Austin

"A comprehensive work ... It far outstrips any competitor inthis subject ... I only wish it had been available when I wasteaching the Late Republic."
-John Murrell, Journal of Classics Teaching

"A kaleidoscopic variety of points of views and insightfulcommentaries that finally does justice to the complexity of thesubject and of its possible interpretations, while always remainingreadable and clear."
-Nicola Terrenato, University of North Carolina at ChapelHill