The ancient Romans : a social and political history from the early Republic to the death of Augustus /: a social and political history from the early Republic to the death of Augustus. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Matthew Dillon, Lynda Garland.
• Authors: Dillon, Matthew, 1963-; Garland, Lynda, 1955-
• Contents: List of figures; List of maps; List of genealogical trees; Preface; Glossary; Some useful definitions; List of Roman consuls 88 BC – AD 14; List of abbreviations; Genealogical (family) trees ; 1 Early Republican Rome: 507–264 BC Geography and location; The forum Romanum; Senate and magistracies; The assemblies and tribunate; The beginnings of the ‘Conflict of the Orders’; Rome and its Italian neighbours; The origins of the Twelve Tables; The XII Tables; The Supplementary Tables; The Conflict of the Orders continues; Polybius on the Roman constitution; Rome’s struggle for Italy; Rome and the Latins; The Samnite wars and Pyrrhus ; 2 The Public Face of Rome The infrastructure of the city; Communications and public works; The ideology of the Roman senatorial class; Conspicuous consumption in Rome; Gloria; The Roman triumph; Candidature for office: ambitio; The ‘novus homo’; Amicitia; Clientela and patrocinium; Hospitium; Litigation as a way of life; Oratory as part of a public career; ‘Bread and circuses’ ; 3 Religion in the Roman Republic Early deities and cults; Early hymns and rituals; Priesthoods; Roman purificatory rituals; Ritual formulae and prayers; Religious calendars; Sacrifice; Divination; Augury; The sacred chickens; Dedications and vows; The introduction of new gods; The Bacchanalia, 186 BC; Curse tables and sympathetic magic; Festivals; Religion and politics; Funerary practices ; 4 The Punic Wars ; The city of Carthage; Rome’s treaties with Carthage: 508, 348, 279 BC; The constitution of Carthage; The First Punic War; Roman victory and peace terms; The Second Punic War; The causes of the Second Punic War; The first stages of the war in Italy; The impact on the allies; The tide turns; P. Cornelius Scipio (Africanus); Scipio in Africa; Peace terms; The Third Punic War, 151–146 BC ; 5 Rome’s Mediterranean Empire The ideology of Roman military supremacy; The military hero; The Roman army; Polybius on Rome’s military system; Military technology; Military discipline; Rome’s conquest of the Mediterranean; Antiochus III ‘the Great’; Rome as master of the Mediterranean; Rome’s imperialist stance; Rome’s conquest of Greece; The Western Mediterranean; The impact of conquest on Rome; Hellenic culture and Rome; Extravagance and luxury; Rome and the provinces 6 Slaves and Freedmen Slave numbers and prices; Sources of slaves; Domestic slaves; The treatment of slaves; Slaves in industry and manufacture; Slaves and the entertainment industry; Farm slaves: their occupations and training; Slaves and the law; Runaways and fugitives; Slave revolts; The manumission of slaves; The occupations of freedmen; Funerary inscriptions; Slaves and freedmen of the imperial household 7 Women, Sexuality and the Family Roman family names; Family law; The formalities of marriage; Old-fashioned families; Family relationships; Wives and their role; Marital discord; Adultery, conspiracy and sorcery; Heterosexual love: Catullus and Lesbia; Homosexuality and pederasty; Prostitution; Women as owners and consumers; Women and the gods; Women’s festivals; The Bona Dea; The Vestal virgins ; 8 Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus Family background; The tribunate of Tiberius, 133 BC; Tiberius and the senate; Boundary stones of the Gracchan period; The aftermath of Tiberius’ legislation; Rome and the allies; The career of Gaius Gracchus; The legislation of C. Gracchus; Gaius loses popular support; Assassination and reprisals; Failure of the Gracchan reforms; Later views of the Gracchi ; 9 Gaius Marius Marius’s early career; Marius in Africa; Marius and Sulla; Marius and the Germans; Army reforms; Marius, Saturninus and Glaucia; Saturninus and the land law; Marius’s later career; The command against Mithridates; Marius’ return to Rome ; 10 The ‘Social’ War The restriction of Roman citizenship; The citizenship proposals of Fulvius Flaccus and Gaius Gracchus; Marcus Livius Drusus; The grievances of the allies; The Social War; ‘Brothers-in-arms’: Romans and Italians; The emergence of L. Cornelius Sulla; Citizenship for the Italians; Pro-Italian legislation and the Mithridatic command, 88 BC; The battle of the Colline Gate, 82 BC ; 11 Lucius Cornelius Sulla ‘Felix’ Sulla’s early career; Mithridates VI of Pontus; The background to the civil war; Sulla’s march on Rome, 88 BC; Sulla and Mithridates; Events in Rome: Waiting for Sulla 85–84 BC; Sulla’s return; Pompey’s triumph; Sulla’s proscriptions; Dictatorship and constitutional reforms; Sulla’s legislation; Sulla in retirement; Sulla’s abdication, 79 BC; Later views of Sulla; Sulla’s epitaph ; 12 The Collapse of the Republic The aftermath of Sulla’s dictatorship; The consulship of Crassus and Pompey, 70 BC; Pompey’s extraordinary commands; The Catilinarian conspiracy, 63 BC; Cicero and his times; Pompey’s return from the East; Cicero and Pompey; The events of 60 BC; The first triumvirate; Caesar’s consulship; Clodius and Cicero; Cato the Younger; Cicero’s return from exile; Pompey’s grain command, 57 BC; Caesar in Gaul; The conference at Luca, 56 BC; The second consulship of Crassus and Pompey; The events of 54 BC; Crassus in Parthia; Caesar’s invasions of Britain ; 13 Civil War and Dictatorship Anarchy in Rome 53–52 BC; Pompey as sole consul, 52 BC; The lead-up to civil war; The events of 50 BC; The flight of the tribunes; Crossing the Rubicon; Preparations for war; Civil war; Pompey and his supporters; Caesar in the East; Caesar’s dictatorships; Exceptional honours for Caesar; Caesar’s legislation; Caesar’s administrative measures; Caesar and his image; The Ides of March ; 14 Octavian’s Rise to Power; Mark Antony (M. Antonius); C. Octavius (C. Julius Caesar ‘Octavianus’); The aftermath of Caesar’s assassination; Octavian arrives in Italy; Octavian and the populace; Cicero and Anthony; Events at Mutina; Cicero, Octavian and the senate; Octavian’s first consulship, 43 BC; Triumvirate and proscriptions; The ‘liberators’ and civil war; The battle of Philippi, October 42 BC; Fulvia, Lucius Antonius and the dispossessed; Anthony’s reorganisation of the East; Events in Italy; Livia Drusilla; The downfall of Sex. Pompeius and Lepidus, 36 BC; Anthony, Cleopatra and Parthia; Propaganda and invective; Civil war; The battle of Actium, September 31 BC; ‘Aegypto Capta’: the defeat of Antony, Cleopatra and Egypt; C. Cornelius Gallus; Octavian’s return to Italy; Princeps and Augustus 15 The Age of Augustus ; Augustus and the Res Gestae divi Augusti; Augustus takes control of government, 27 BC; Augustus as author; Principal events of Augustus’ principate: the Fasti; Augustus’s constitutional position: the ‘Second Settlement’; Augustus ‘Imperator’; Augustus and traditional religion; Marriage, divorce and adultery; The lex Papia Poppaea, AD 9; The ludi saeculares; Marcellus and Agrippa; Augustus and imperial cult; Legislation on slaves an
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 937.02; Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C; Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317391340; 9781317391357; 9781317391333
• Related ISBNs: 9780415741514; 9780415741521
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