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Storia sociale dell'antica Roma

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Come era organizzata, e come appare oggi ai nostri occhi la struttura sociale di Roma antica nel lungo millennio della sua storia? Dall'età arcaica alla fine dell'"imperium", Alföldy traccia una utile e chiara sintesi, facendo scorrere sotto i nostri occhi in un sapiente montaggio i fotogrammi di una società quanto mai stratificata, nella quale i mutamenti furono di così lungo periodo da risultare quasi impercettibili. In definitiva la storia romana, nonostante i cambiamenti occorsi in un arco di tempo plurisecolare, si è rivelata essere la storia di un unico tipo di società, che per i criteri delle sue divisioni interne, per la struttura degli strati sociali e delle loro relazioni si distinse nettamente non soltanto rispetto ad una società moderna, ma anche rispetto ad ogni altra società preindustriale e ad ogni altra società "antica".

312 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

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June 12, 2011
Scholarly, but suprisingly readable considering that this work is very dense, translated from German and with lots of untranslated Latin terms. I was impressed at the author's description of the gradual changes in the upper and lower social strata of the Roman Republic (and, later, Empire), their degrees of homo- and/or heterogeneity and how these changes contributed to the growth, stability (early Empire), instability (Late Republic and Late Empire) and eventual decline and fall of Rome.
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July 12, 2020
A very complex subject brought down to its most simple outlines. Well translated. Well structured. Absolutely perfect starter for anoyone who wants to delve deeper in Roman social history. Some chapters have repititions which might come across as sloppy, but then again, this can be excused by the difficulty of the subject as well as the relative novelty of writing an overview of the social history of the entire Roman period.
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