Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders, Edition 2

Kurt A. Raaflaub

Apr 2008 · Verkauft von John Wiley & Sons

Über dieses E-Book

This widely respected study of social conflicts between the patrician elite and the plebeians in the first centuries of the Roman republic has now been enhanced by a new chapter on material culture, updates to individual chapters, an updated bibliography, and a new introduction.

• Analyzes social conflicts between patricians and plebeians in early republican Rome
• Includes chapters by leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic illuminating social, economic, legal, religious, military, and political aspects as well as the reliability of historical sources
• Contributors have written addenda for the new edition, updating their chapters in light of recent scholarship

Autoren-Profil

Kurt A. Raaflaub is David Herlihy University Professor and Professor of Classics and History at Brown University. His recent publications include Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece (co-authored, 2006), The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece (2004), War and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds (co-edited, 1999), and Democracy, Empire, and the Arts in Fifth-Century Athens (co-edited, 1998).