A Critical History of Early Rome (eBook)

From Prehistory to the First Punic War

Gary Forsythe (Autor)

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2005
416 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-94029-1 (ISBN)

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During 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.

Inhalt

List of Maps and Figures
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Abbreviations
Foreword

1. Italy in Prehistory
2. Archaic Italy c. 800–500 B.C.
3. The Ancient Sources for Early Roman History
4. Rome During the Regal Period
5. Archaic Roman Religion
6. The Beginning of the Roman Republic
7. Rome of the Twelve Tables
8. Evolution and Growth of the Roman State 444–367 B.C.
9. Rome’s Rise to Dominance, 366–300 B.C.
10. Rome’s Conquest and Unification of Italy, 299–264 B.C.

Appendix: Early Roman Chronology
Works Cited
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.2.2005
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Ancient history • ancient romance history • archaic italy • archaic roman religion • Archeology • Civic • early days of rome • Early Rome • epigraphic • etruscans • Greeks • History • imperialism • Imperial Rome • latins • legality • Linguistic • military structures • philinus treaty • Phoenicians • Political Structures • Politics • prehistorical italy • pyrrhic war • Regal Period • Religion • Roman Empire • roman republic • Roman state • rome of the twelve tables • sabines • Social Structures • unification of italy • warfare
• ISBN-10: 0-520-94029-6 / 0520940296
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-94029-1 / 9780520940291