Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders, Expanded and Updat ed Edition

Kurt A. Raaflaub

ISBN 10: 1405100605 / ISBN 13: 9781405100601

Published by Blackwell Pub, 2005

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2nd exp upd edition. 417 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders, Expanded and Updat ed Edition
• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405100605
• ISBN 13: 9781405100601
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.9 kilograms

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Synopsis

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

About the Author

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).