Early Roman Warfare
Early Roman Warfare

Author: Jeremy Armstrong

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2016-09-19

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1473880165

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While copious amounts have been written about the Roman army, most study has focussed on the later Republic or the Imperial period when the legionary system was already well-developed. Here Dr Jeremy Armstrong traces the development of Rome's military might from its earliest discernible origins down to the First Punic War. He shows how her armies evolved from ad-hoc forces of warriors organized along clan lines and assembled for the city's survival, to the sophisticated organization of the legions that went on to dominate all of Italy and then (after the period covered) the entire Mediterranean world. The author reviews both the literary sources and the latest archaeological evidence to provide a fresh analysis of Roman military organization, equipment, tactics and strategy. He shows how Rome's military apparatus adapted to meet the changing strategic needs of new enemies and broader ambitions. This study of the origins of the Classical world's most formidable war machine will be welcomed by anyone with an interest in Classical, and especially Roman, military history.

The Beginnings of Rome
The Beginnings of Rome

Author: Tim Cornell

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 1136754962

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Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the rise of Rome. The Beginnings of Rome offers insight on major issues such as: Rome’s relations with the Etruscans the conflict between patricians and plebeians the causes of Roman imperialism the growth of slave-based economy. Answering the need for raising acute questions and providing an analysis of the many different kinds of archaeological evidence with literary sources, this is the most comprehensive study of the subject available, and is essential reading for students of Roman history.

War and Society in Early Rome
War and Society in Early Rome

Author: Jeremy Armstrong

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-04-08

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 131657167X

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This book combines the rich, but problematic, literary tradition for early Rome with the ever-growing archaeological record to present a new interpretation of early Roman warfare and how it related to the city's various social, political, religious, and economic institutions. Largely casting aside the anachronistic assumptions of late republican writers like Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus, it instead examines the general modes of behaviour evidenced in both the literature and the archaeology for the period and attempts to reconstruct, based on these characteristics, the basic form of Roman society and then to 're-map' that on to the extant tradition. It will be important for scholars and students studying many aspects of Roman history and warfare, but particularly the history of the regal and republican periods.

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Author: Mary Beard

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2015-11-09

Total Pages: 743

ISBN-13: 1631491253

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New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Foreign Affairs, and Kirkus Reviews Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) Shortlisted for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Gift Guide Selection A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection A sweeping, "magisterial" history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists shows why Rome remains "relevant to people many centuries later" (Atlantic). In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street Journal). Hailed by critics as animating "the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life" (Economist) in a way that makes "your hair stand on end" (Christian Science Monitor) and spanning nearly a thousand years of history, this "highly informative, highly readable" (Dallas Morning News) work examines not just how we think of ancient Rome but challenges the comfortable historical perspectives that have existed for centuries. With its nuanced attention to class, democratic struggles, and the lives of entire groups of people omitted from the historical narrative for centuries, SPQR will to shape our view of Roman history for decades to come.

Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome

Author: William E. Dunstan

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2010-11-16

Total Pages: 634

ISBN-13: 0742568342

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Ancient Rome masterfully synthesizes the vast period from the second millennium BCE to the sixth century CE, carrying readers through the succession of fateful steps and agonizing crises that marked Roman evolution from an early village settlement to the capital of an extraordinary realm extending from northern Britain to the deserts of Arabia. A host of world-famous figures come to life in these pages, including Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Augustus, Livia, Cicero, Nero, Hadrian, Diocletian, Constantine, Justinian, and Theodora. Filled with chilling narratives of violence, lust, and political expediency, this book not only describes empire-shaping political and military events but also treats social and cultural developments as integral to Roman history. William E. Dunstan highlights such key topics as the physical environment, women, law, the roles of slaves and freedmen, the plight of unprivileged free people, the composition and power of the ruling class, education, popular entertainment, food and clothing, marriage and divorce, sex, death and burial, finance and trade, scientific and medical achievements, religious institutions and practices, and artistic and literary masterpieces. All readers interested in the classical world will find this a fascinating and compelling history.

Historical Introduction to the Private Law of Rome
Historical Introduction to the Private Law of Rome

Author: James Muirhead

Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 944

ISBN-13: 1584779675

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Reprint of the uncommon third and final edition. This book grew out of an article in the Encyclpedia Brittanica. An "instant classic," it soon became a fixture on reading lists and bibliographies. According to the Law Quarterly Review, "no one who has read the book can have felt any doubt that the author had mastered his authorities, or that he had a singularly wide and profound knowledge of the continental literature dealing with the subject" (15:198). The second and third editions were equally well-received. The third is the best edition because it contains the equally valuable notes of Goudy and Grant. CONTENTS PART I THE REGAL PERIOD CH. I. Social and Political condition of Rome and its population down to the time of Servius Tullius CH. II. Regulatives of public and private order CH. III. Institutions of the private law CH. IV. The Servian reforms PART II THE JUS CIVILE CH. I. Historical events that influenced the law CH. II. The twelve tables CH. III. The private law within and beyond the tables CH. IV. Judicial procedure under the Decemviral system CH. V. The stipulation and the legis actio per condictionem PART III THE JUS GENTIUM AND JUS HONORARIUM (Latter half of the Republic) CH. I. The influences that operated on the law CH. II. Factors of the law CH. III. Substantive changes in the law during the period PART IV THE JUS NATURALE AND MATURITY OF ROMAN JURISPRUDENCE (The Empire until the Time of Diocletian) CH. I. Characteristics and formative agencies of the law during the period CH. II. Jurisprudence CH. III. Substantive changes in the law during the period CH. IV. Judicial procedure PART V THE PERIOD OF CODIFICATION (Diocletian to Justinian) CH. I. Historical events that influenced the law CH. II. Anet-Justinian collections of statute and jurisprudence CH. III. The Justinian law CH. IV. The Justinian law-books APPENDIX ADDITIONAL BY EDITOR OF SECOND EDITION INDEX