The Social History of Rome

by Géza Alföldy, David Braund (Translator), Frank Pollock (Translator)

In this book a leading Roman historian has distilled the fruits of a lifetime's study of Roman history. It is one of the few books which focuses particularly on the social history of Rome, predominantly in the period of the Empire, though due coverage is also given to the Republic. The author explores the structural changes that took place over the period from Romulus to Romulus Agustulus.

The Social History of Rome is intended to introduce the student to the events and the issues of Roman social history, and has aldready been successful in the original German edition.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Roman History, Ancient History

251 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

Reviews

[Redsteve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Scholarly, but suprisingly readable considering that this work is very dense, translated from German and with lots of untranslated Latin terms. I was impressed at the author's description of the gradual changes in the upper and lower social strata of the Roman Republic (and, later, Empire), their degrees of homo- and/or heterogeneity and how these changes contributed to the growth, stability (early Empire), instability (Late Republic and Late Empire) and eventual decline and fall of Rome.

[Olivier Goossens · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very complex subject brought down to its most simple outlines. Well translated. Well structured. Absolutely perfect starter for anoyone who wants to delve deeper in Roman social history. Some chapters have repititions which might come across as sloppy, but then again, this can be excused by the difficulty of the subject as well as the relative novelty of writing an overview of the social history of the entire Roman period.

[Courtney Sells-Cunningham · Rating 4 out of 5]

I honestly learned so much from reading this book. I would read again, to be honest.

[Giuliano Verardi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eu li sim, confia.