The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic

The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic examines all aspects of Roman history and civilization from 509–49 BC. The key development of the republican period was Rome’s rise from a small city to a wealthy metropolis and international capital of an extensive Mediterranean empire. These centuries produced the classic republican political system and the growth of a world empire. They also witnessed the disintegration of this system under the pressure of internal dissension and boundless ambition of its leading politicians. In this Companion volume, distinguished European and American scholars present a variety of lively, current approaches to understanding the political, military, and social aspects of Roman history, as well as its literary and visual culture. Designed to be accessible to the general reader and to students, The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic will invite further exploration to a vital, formative period of Roman history and its later influence.

• One of the few general overviews of the Roman Republic in English • Includes history, art, literature and culture of Rome • International scholarly contributors

Part I. Political and Military History: 1. The early Republic Stephen Oakley; 2. Power and process under the republican ‘constitution’ T. Corey Brennan; 3. The Roman army and navy David Potter; 4. The crisis of the Republic Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg; Part II. Roman Society: 5. Under Roman roofs: family, house, and household Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp; 6. Women in the Roman Republic Phyllis Culham; 7. The Republican economy and Roman law: regulation, promotion, or reflection? Jean-Jacques Aubert; 8. Roman religion Jörg Rüpke; Part III. Rome’s Empire: 9. Italy and the Roman Republic 338–31 BC Kathryn Lomas; 10. Rome and Carthage John F. Lazenby; 11. Rome and the Greek world Erich S. Gruen; Part IV. Roman Culture: 12. Literature in the Roman Republic Elaine Fantham; 13. Roman republican art in context Ann L. Kuttner; 14. Spectacle and political culture in the Roman Republic Harriet I. Flower; Part V. Epilogue: The Influence of the Roman Republic: 15. The Roman Republic and the French and American Revolution Mortimer N. S. Sellers.