War and Society in Early Rome: From Warlords to Generals PDF
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WAR AND SOCIETY IN EARLY ROME This book combines the rich but problematic literary tradition for earlyRomewiththeever-growingarchaeologicalrecordtopresenta newinterpretationofearlyRomanwarfareandhowitrelatedtothe city’s various social, political, religious, and economic institutions. Largelycastingasidetheanachronisticassumptionsoflaterepublican writerslikeLivyandDionysiusofHalicarnassus,itinsteadexamines thegeneralmodesofbehaviorevidencedinboththeliteratureandthe archaeologyfortheperiodandattemptstoreconstruct,basedonthese characteristics,thebasicformofRomansocietyanditsapproachto warfare.Itwillbeimportantforscholarsandstudentsstudyingmany aspectsofRomanhistoryandwarfare,butparticularlythehistoryof theregalandrepublicanperiods. jeremy armstrong is Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient HistoryattheUniversityofAuckland.Hehaspublishedonvarious aspectsofearlyRomanhistory, archaeology,and warfare,including two edited volumes: Rituals of Triumph (2013) and Circum Mare – ThemesinAncientWarfare(forthcoming). WAR AND SOCIETY IN EARLY ROME From Warlords to Generals JEREMY ARMSTRONG UniversityofAuckland UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107093577 ©JeremyArmstrong2016 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2016 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyClays,StIvesplc AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary isbn978-1-107-09357-7Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication, anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. For ABA and WLA Contents Listofmapsandfigures pageviii Prefaceandacknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Maps xii Introduction 1 1 Theevidence 18 2 Romeinthesixthcentury 47 3 Rome’sregalarmy(c.570–509) 74 4 Fightingforland(509–452) 129 5 Theincorporationoftheplebs(451–390) 183 6 TheGallicsack,therebirthofRome,andtheincorporation oftheLatins(390–338) 233 Conclusions 290 Bibliography 295 Index 313 vii fi Maps and gures ThemapsandfiguresinthisbookweredrawnbyTinaRossofArchaeological Illustrations.Usedwithpermission. Maps 1 ArchaicLatium pagexii 2 Rome’sHinterland xiii 3 ArchaicRome xiv Figures 1.1 ImageofLanuviumPanoply,asdisplayedattheMuseo 43 NazionaleRomano–TermediDiocleziano 1.2 ImageofLapisSatricanus 45 3.1 Theclassesofthe“ServianConstitution”derivedfromthe 77 accountsofLivyandDionysiusofHalicarnassus 3.2 DiagramofthearchaicandrepublicanfortificationsatRome 109 3.3 Partofanacroterialgroupfromatemplepediment,sixth 119 century,Rome 3.4 FriezefragmentfromtheTempletoJunoMoneta, 122 fifthcentury,Signia 3.5 FriezefragmentfromtheTempletoMaterMatuta, 123 fifthcentury,Satricum 3.6 Partofanacroterialgroupfromatemplepediment(Temple 124 ofMercury?),fifthcentury,FaleriiVeteres(CivitaCastellana) 3.7 TombpaintingfromTombArcioni1(westernslab), 125 fourthcentury,Paestum 3.8 TombpaintingfromTombArcioni271(southernslab), 125 fourthcentury,Paestum viii
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