A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic WarDuring the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italian peninsula in 264 B.C., the Romans in large measure developed the social, political, and military structure that would be the foundation of their spectacular imperial success. In this comprehensive and clearly written account, Gary Forsythe draws extensively from historical, archaeological, linguistic, epigraphic, religious, and legal evidence as he traces Rome's early development within a multicultural environment of Latins, Sabines, Etruscans, Greeks, and Phoenicians. His study charts the development of the classical republican institutions that would eventually enable Rome to create its vast empire, and provides fascinating discussions of topics including Roman prehistory, religion, and language. In addition to its value as an authoritative synthesis of current research, A Critical History of Early Rome offers a revisionist interpretation of Rome's early history through its innovative use of ancient sources. The history of this period is notoriously difficult to uncover because there are no extant written records, and because the later historiography that affords the only narrative accounts of Rome's early days is shaped by the issues, conflicts, and ways of thinking of its own time. This book provides a groundbreaking examination of those surviving ancient sources in light of their underlying biases, thereby reconstructing early Roman history upon a more solid evidentiary foundation. |
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Avis d'utilisateur - HarmlessTed - LibraryThingThis is an extraordinarily interesting book, in which the author takes - as the title implies - a critical look at the early history of rome. Using empirical and analytical methods, archaeological ... Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
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| 7 | |
| 28 | |
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| 78 | |
5 Archaic Roman Religion | 125 |
6 The Beginning of the Roman Republic | 147 |
7 Rome of the Twelve Tables | 201 |
8 Evolution and Growth of the Roman State 444367 BC | 234 |
9 Romes Rise to Dominance 366300 BC | 268 |
10 Romes Conquest and Unification of Italy 299264 BC | 324 |
EARLY ROMAN CHRONOLOGY | 369 |
WORKS CITED | 371 |
INDEX | 391 |
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A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War Gary Forsythe Aucun aperçu disponible - 2005 |
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According aediles Aequians ancient sources ancient tradition annalistic tradition archaeological archaic army assembly Aventine battle bronze Campania Capitoline captured Carthaginians clans Claudius comitia concerning consular tribunes consuls consulship culture curule dating decemviral defeat dictator Dion Dionysius divine early republic early Roman elected Etruria Etruscan fasti fictitious Fidenae fifth century B.C. figures first five Forum fourth century B.C. Gallic Gauls Greek historians important influence Italy kings later annalistic later Roman Latin colonies Latium Livy Livy’s magistrates major Maximus military tribunes modern scholars narrative office official patrician Phoenician plebeian tribunes plebs political praetor Pyrrhus records regal period religious rex sacrorum Roman history Roman society Rome Rome’s Romulus sacrifice Samnites Samnium Second Samnite War senate Servius Servius Tullius Sicily significant sixth century B.C. Tarquinii temple third century B.C. Third Samnite War Tiber tion tomb treaty tribes Twelve Tables Valerius Veii Volscians
