Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders

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Kurt A. Raaflaub
John Wiley & Sons, Apr 15, 2008 - History - 444 pages

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
 

Contents

New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders I The Conflict of the Orders in Archaic Rome A Comprehensive and Comparative Approach
1
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders II The Value of the Literary Tradition Concerning Archaic Rome
47
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders III The Formation of the Annalistic Tradition The Example of the Decemvirate
75
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders IV The Contribution of Archaeology to Early Roman History
98
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders V Patricians and Plebeians The Origins of a Social Dichotomy
107
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders VI The Definition of patres and plebs An End to the Struggle of the Orders
128
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders VII The Rise of the plebs in the Archaic Age of Rome
168
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders VIII From Protection and Defense to Offense and Participation Stages in the Confiict of the Orders
185
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders XI The Tenth Table and the Confiict of the Orders
268
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders XII The Integration of the Plebeians into the Political Order after 366 BC
293
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders XIII The End of the Confiict of the Orders
312
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders Bibliography
333
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders Index of Subjects
386
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders Index of Persons and Places
397
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders Index of Scholars
404
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders Index of Sources
408

New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders IX Religious Aspects of the Confiict of the Orders The Case of confarreatio
223
New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders X The Political Significance of the Codification of Law in Archaic Societies An Unconventional Hypo...
239

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About the author (2008)

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).

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