Provides an excellent overview of some of the major trends in the last century of the Roman Republic.
- Classical World,
A book that should encourage young students to think for themselves, both about the main issues of the period and about the methodology of history.
- JACT Review,
Preface
Introduction
1. The Nature of the Problem
2. The Cultural Horizons of the Aristocracy
3. Religion
4. Political Institutions
5. The Working of Politics
6. Rome and the Outside World
Epilogue
Appendix: Literary sources in translation
Bibliography and abbreviations
Index
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Mary Beard is Professor of Classics, and Fellow of Newnham College, University of Cambridge, UK, and Classics Editor of the Times Literary Supplement.
Michael Crawford is Professor of Ancient History, University College London, UK.