The Roman Historical Tradition: Regal and Republican RomeJames H. Richardson, Federico Santangelo The study of Regal and Republican Rome presents a difficult and yet exciting challenge. The extant evidence, which for the most part is literary, is late, sparse, and difficult, and the value of it has long been a subject of intense and sometimes heated scholarly discussion. This volumeprovides students with an introduction to a range of important problems in the study of ancient Rome during the Regal and Republican periods in one accessible collection, bringing together a diverse range of influential papers. Of particular importance is the question of the value of thehistoriographical evidence (i.e. what the Romans themselves wrote about their past). By juxtaposing different and sometimes incompatible reactions to the evidence, the collection aims to challenge its readers and invite them to join the debate, and to assess the ancient evidence and moderninterpretations of it for themselves. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Myth of Romulus and the Origins of Rome | 17 |
Numa and Pythagoras The Life and Death of a Myth | 35 |
Demaratus and the Corinthian Kings of Rome | 53 |
The Enigma of Servius Tullius | 83 |
The Legend of Lucius Brutus | 129 |
Three Roman Aetiological Myths | 147 |
The Fabii at the River Cremera and the Spartans at Thermopylae | 167 |
The Roman History of Roman Colonization | 201 |
The Lex Ouinia and the Emancipation of the Senate | 207 |
Qualis pater talis filius? As the father so the son? | 239 |
Cicero the Historian and Cicero the Antiquarian | 259 |
The Tradition of the Spolia Opima M Claudius Marcellus and Augustus | 285 |
| 321 | |
| 359 | |
| 361 | |
Other editions - View all
The Roman Historical Tradition: Regal and Republican Rome James H. Richardson,Federico Santangelo No preview available - 2014 |
Common terms and phrases
Aburius according Aeneas ancient Ancus Marcius annalistic annalistic tradition Antias antiquarian archaic argued Aristodemus Atticus Augustus Bacchiads BCiu Brutus Cassius Cato censors century bc Cicero Claudius connected consul consulship Cossus Crassus Cremera death dedication Demaratus Dion Dionysius discussion early Ennius episode Etruscan evidence Fabii Fabius fact Fasti Fest Festus fourth century Fraccaro Gabba Gracchan Greek Hernici historian important interpretation Iunius Jupiter Feretrius killed king king’s late Latin legend lex Ouinia Livy Livy’s Marcellus Momigliano Mommsen Münzer myth narrative ŒĈd Ogilvie origin patrician perhaps period Piso plebeian plebs Plut Plutarch political Polybius publica Pythagoras Pythagorean reconstruction reference Republic Republican Roman history Rome Rome’s Romulean Romulus scholars Scipio second century seems Sempronius Senate Servius Tullius sources spolia opima story of Demaratus suggested Superbus Tarquinii Tarquinius Priscus Tarquins temple Tiberius tribes tribunes triumph Valerius Valerius Antias Varro Wiseman