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The Cambridge Companion to THE ROMAN REPUBLIC Second Edition S TheCambridgeCompaniontotheRomanRepublicexaminesmanyaspects of Roman history and civilization from 509 to 49 b.c. The key devel- opment 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 clas- sic republican political culture, closely associated with the growth of a world empire. They also witnessed the slow disintegration of republi- cangovernmentundertherelentlessandcombinedpressureofexternal commitments,growinginternaldissension,andtheboundlessambition of its leading politicians. In the second edition of this Companion vol- ume,distinguishedEuropean,Canadian,andAmericanscholarspresent 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 newchaptersonpopulation,slavery,andtheriseofempire,andupdated bibliographies and maps. Harriet I. Flower is professor of classics at Princeton University. The authorofAncestorMasksandAristocraticPowerinRomanCulture,TheArt ofForgetting:DisgraceandOblivioninRomanPoliticalCulture,andRoman Republics, she has written on aspects of Roman history and drama, as well as Latin epigraphy. Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World The Cambridge Companion to T H E R O M A N R E P U B L I C Second Edition S Edited by Harriet I. Flower PrincetonUniversity 32AvenueoftheAmericas,NewYork,ny10013-2473,usa CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107669420 (cid:2)C CambridgeUniversityPress2004,2014 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firsteditionpublished2004 Secondedition2014 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData TheCambridgecompaniontotheRomanRepublic/[editedby]HarrietI.Flower,Princeton University.–Secondedition. pages cm.–(Cambridgecompanionstotheancientworld) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn978-1-107-03224-8(hardback)–isbn978-1-107-66942-0(pbk.) 1.Rome–History–Republic,510-30b.c. I.Flower,HarrietI. II.Title:RomanRepublic. dg235.c36 2014 937ʹ.02–dc23 2013049901 isbn978-1-107-03224-8Hardback isbn978-1-107-66942-0Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurlsfor externalorthird-partyInternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublicationanddoesnotguarantee thatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Contents S List of Illustrations and Maps page xi List of Contributors xiii Preface xix Introduction to the Second Edition xxi HARRIETI.FLOWER Introduction to the First Edition xxxi HARRIETI.FLOWER Part 1: Political and Military History 1 The Early Republic 3 S.P.OAKLEY 2 Power and Process under the Republican “Constitution” 19 T.COREYBRENNAN 3 The Roman Army and Navy 54 DAVIDPOTTER 4 The Crisis of the Republic 78 JU¨RGENVONUNGERN-STERNBERG Part 2: Roman Society 5 Under Roman Roofs: Family, House, and Household 101 KARL-JOACHIMHO¨LKESKAMP 6 Women in the Roman Republic 127 PHYLLISCULHAM vii Contents 7 Population 149 SASKIAHIN 8 The Republican Economy and Roman Law: Regulation, Promotion, or Reflection? 167 JEAN-JACQUESAUBERT 9 The Great Transformation: Slavery and the Free Republic 187 BRENTD.SHAW 10 Roman Religion 213 JO¨RGRU¨PKE Part 3: Rome’s Empire 11 Italy during the Roman Republic, 338–31 b.c. 233 KATHRYNLOMAS 12 Rome and Carthage 260 JOHNF.LAZENBY 13 Rome and the Greek World 277 ERICHS.GRUEN 14 The Rise of Empire in the West (264–50 b.c. ) 303 JOSIAHOSGOOD Part 4: Roman Culture 15 Literature in the Roman Republic 323 ELAINEFANTHAM 16 Roman Art during the Republic 348 ANNL.KUTTNER 17 Spectacle and Political Culture in the Roman Republic 377 HARRIETI.FLOWER viii Contents Part 5: Epilogue: The Influence of the Roman Republic 18 The Roman Republic and the French and American Revolutions 401 MORTIMERN.S.SELLERS Timeline 419 Bibliography 423 Index 465 ix
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