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Early Rome to 290 BC: The Beginnings of the City and the Rise of the Republic
A new view of early Rome as a highly mobile society within a wider interconnected Mediterranean network
Covers the rise of Rome from small scale community to supremacy in central ItalyUses the latest archaeological evidence to demonstrate the sophisticated and cosmopolitan nature of early RomeAnalyses the origins of Rome's Republican form of government and of its aggressive drive to conquerIn the first few centuries of its existence, Rome developed from a minor settlement on the Tiber into the most powerful city-state in Italy.
Guy Bradley examines the reasons for Rome's emergence and success within a highly competitive Italian environment, and how much it owed to its neighbours. He explains how many of Rome's key characteristics, such as its powerful ruling elite, its stable political institutions, its openness to outsiders, and its intensely militaristic society, were shaped by their origins in the monarchy and early Republic.
Covers the rise of Rome from small scale community to supremacy in central ItalyUses the latest archaeological evidence to demonstrate the sophisticated and cosmopolitan nature of early RomeAnalyses the origins of Rome's Republican form of government and of its aggressive drive to conquerIn the first few centuries of its existence, Rome developed from a minor settlement on the Tiber into the most powerful city-state in Italy.
Guy Bradley examines the reasons for Rome's emergence and success within a highly competitive Italian environment, and how much it owed to its neighbours. He explains how many of Rome's key characteristics, such as its powerful ruling elite, its stable political institutions, its openness to outsiders, and its intensely militaristic society, were shaped by their origins in the monarchy and early Republic.
432 pages, Hardcover
First published July 31, 2013
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December 29, 2021
A worthy successor to T.J.Cornell's The Beginnings of Rome.
Informative but not dense, academic but not dry, engaging yet easy to reference, this book is a go-to resource for an updated exploration of Rome's early history.
Informative but not dense, academic but not dry, engaging yet easy to reference, this book is a go-to resource for an updated exploration of Rome's early history.
January 20, 2024
A fantastic update to Cornell's 1995 work
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