Early Rome to 290 BC: The Beginnings of the City and the Rise of the Republic

by Guy Bradley

A new view of early Rome as a highly mobile society within a wider interconnected Mediterranean network In 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.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Academic

432 pages, Paperback

First published July 31, 2013

Reviews

[Anthony]

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.

[Kevin Nobel]

A fantastic update to Cornell's 1995 work

[Popoxio]

nice