A Companion to the Roman Republic

by Nathan Rosenstein (Editor), Robert Morstein-Marx (Editor)

This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practiced.
Highlights recent developments, including archaeological discoveries, fresh approaches to textual sources, and the opening up of new areas of historical study Retains the drama of the Republic's rise and fall Emphasizes not just the evidence of texts and physical remains, but also the models and assumptions that scholars bring to these artefacts Looks at the role played by the physical geography and environment of Italy Offers a compact but detailed narrative of military and political developments from the birth of the Roman Republic through to the death of Julius Caesar Discusses current controversies in the field

Genres: History, Classics, Roman History

768 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

Nathan Rosenstein is Professor of History at the Ohio State University, specialising in the history of the Roman Republic and early Empire. He is the author of Imperatores Victi: Military Defeat and Aristocratic Competition in the Middle and Late Republic (1990), Rome at War: Farms, Families, and Death in the Middle Republic (2004) and Rome and the Mediterranean 290 to 146 BC: The Imperial Republic (2012). He is also co-editor, along with Kurt Raaflaub, of War and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds (1999) and, with Robert Morstein-Marx, of A Companion to the Roman Republic (2006).

Reviews

[Daniel Rothwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really great chapters here; in general the book is at the level of an undergrad/layperson introduction, but the guidance for further readings (and descriptions of key points in debates) make it very solid. There are one or two rather dry chapters (e.g. 'Aristocratic values' seemed defuct to me, 'Art and Architecture in the Roman Republic' requires genuine interest in architecture), but overall a fantastic, well-rounded book.

[Ellana Thornton-Wheybrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting introduction to the vast topic of the Roman Republic

[Bonnie Elizabeth]

Read this for grad school so I’m leaving off a rating