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

Publication subTitle ：New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders

Author： Kurt A. Raaflaub  

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year： 2008

E-ISBN: 9781405148894

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781405100618

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781405100601

Subject： K126 ancient Rome

Language： ENG

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Description

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

Chapter

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Editor’s Preface to the Second Edition

Editor’s Preface to the First Edition

Chronological Table

Abbreviations

I The Conflict of the Orders in Archaic Rome: A Comprehensive and Comparative Approach

II The Value of the Literary Tradition Concerning Archaic Rome

III The Formation of the “Annalistic Tradition”: The Example of the Decemvirate

IV The Contribution of Archaeology to Early Roman History

V Patricians and Plebeians: The Origins of a Social Dichotomy

VI The Definition of patres and plebs: An End to the Struggle of the Orders

VII The Rise of the plebs in the Archaic Age of Rome

VIII From Protection and Defense to Offense and Participation: Stages in the Confiict of the Orders

IX Religious Aspects of the Confiict of the Orders: The Case of confarreatio

X The Political Significance of the Codification of Law in Archaic Societies: An Unconventional Hypothesis

XI The Tenth Table and the Confiict of the Orders

XII The Integration of the Plebeians into the Political Order after 366 B.C.

XIII The End of the Confiict of the Orders

Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Index of Persons and Places

Index of Scholars

Index of Sources

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