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
Spis treści
Notes on Contributors vii
Editor’s Preface to the second edition ix
Editor’s Preface to the first edition xvii
Chronological Table xxv
Abbreviations xxvii
I The Conflict of the Orders in Archaic Rome A Comprehensive and Comparative Approach 1
Kurt A. Raaflaub
II The Value of the Literary Tradition Concerning Archaic Rome 47
Timothy J. Cornell
III The Formation of the 'Annalistic Tradition’ The Example of the Decemvirate 75
Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg
IV The Contribution of Archaeology to Early Roman History 98
Russell T. Scott
V Patricians and Plebeians The Origins of a Social Dichotomy 107
Jean-Claude Richard
VI The Definition of patres and plebs An End to the Struggle of the Orders 128
Richard E. Mitchell
VII The Rise of the plebs in the Archaic Age of Rome 168
Arnaldo Momigliano
VIII From Protection and Defense to Offense and Participation Stages in the Conflict of the Orders 185
Kurt A. Raaflaub
IX Religious Aspects of the Conflict of the Orders 223
The Case of confarreatio Jerzy Linderski
X The Political Significance of the Codification of Law in Archaic Societies 239
An Unconventional Hypothesis Walter Eder
XI The Tenth Table and the Conflict of the Orders 268
Mark Toher
XII The Integration of the Plebians into the Political Order after 366 bc 293
Robert Develin
XIII The End of the Conflict of the Orders 312
Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg
Bibliography 333
Index of Subjects 386
Index of Persons and Places 397
Index of Scholars 404
Index of Sources 408
O autorze
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).
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