Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders - Softcover

 
9781405100618: Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders
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ISBN 10: 1405100613 ISBN 13: 9781405100618
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

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This widely respected study of social conflicts between the patrician elite and the plebeians in the first centuries of the Roman republic has now been enhanced by a new chapter on material culture, updates to individual chapters, an updated bibliography, and a new introduction.

  • Analyzes social conflicts between patricians and plebeians in early republican Rome
  • Includes chapters by leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic illuminating social, economic, legal, religious, military, and political aspects as well as the reliability of historical sources
  • Contributors have written addenda for the new edition, updating their chapters in light of recent scholarship

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kurt A. Raaflaub is David Herlihy University Professor and Professor of Classics and History at Brown University. His recent publications include Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece (co-authored, 2006), The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece (2004), War and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds (co-edited, 1999), and Democracy, Empire, and the Arts in Fifth-Century Athens (co-edited, 1998).

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The history of early republican Rome was marked by a long series of social and political struggles between the patrician elite and the plebeians (often called the “Conflict of the Orders”). In this new edition of Social Struggles in Archaic Rome, experts from both sides of the Atlantic illuminate the history of these social conflicts―examining their causes and nature; analyzing a wide range of social, economic, legal, religious, military, and political aspects; and considering the reliability of the historical sources. This edition is enhanced by addenda updating individual chapters in light of recent scholarship, a new chapter on aspects of material culture, an updated bibliography, and a new introduction.

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The history of early republican Rome was marked by a long series of social and political struggles between the patrician elite and the plebeians (often called the “Conflict of the Orders”). In this new edition of Social Struggles in Archaic Rome, experts from both sides of the Atlantic illuminate the history of these social conflicts—examining their causes and nature; analyzing a wide range of social, economic, legal, religious, military, and political aspects; and considering the reliability of the historical sources. This edition is enhanced by addenda updating individual chapters in light of recent scholarship, a new chapter on aspects of material culture, an updated bibliography, and a new introduction.

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Verlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1405100613
ISBN 13 
9781405100618
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
448
Herausgeber
Raaflaub Kurt A.
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