Lectures On The History Of Rome From The First Punic War To The Death Of Constantine. In A Series Of Lectures - Softcover

Barthold Georg Niebuhr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461430509 ISBN 13: 9780461430509

Publisher: HardPress, 2019

Synopsis

Lectures On The History Of Rome From The First Punic War To The Death Of Constantine. In A Series Of Lectures, Including An Introductory Course On The Sources And Study Of Roman History by Barthold Georg Niebuhr presents a scholarly critical reconstruction of Rome's formative centuries. The volume surveys the late-monarchic to early-Republic eras, tracing how gentes, curiae, and tribes structured political power, the Servian reforms that created the centurial system, and the evolution of the patrician-plebeian order. It analyzes the plebeian secessions, the rise of the tribunate, and the gradual emergence of a consular-government, alongside the legal-economic framework surrounding debt, property, and ager publicus. The work situates Rome within broader Mediterranean diplomacy, examining Latins, Hernicans, Volscians, and isopolity, and discusses treaties with Carthage and the shifting alliances that underwrite Roman expansion. It also engages in methodological critique, arguing for careful separation of legend from probable history and emphasizing the varied, sometimes unreliable, sources—annals, chronicles, poetry, and early historians—upon which later writers built their accounts. The text culminates in a critical, source-centered account that lays the groundwork for understanding how Roman institutions and land policies prepared later Republican and Imperial structures.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461430509
• ISBN 13: 9780461430509
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 686