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Online-Ressource (527 p)
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9780415015967
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Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the rise of Rome.The Beginnings of Rome offers insight on major issues such as:Rome's relations with the Etruscansthe conflict between patricians and plebeiansthe causes of Roman imperialismthe growth of slave-based economy.Answering the need for raising acute questions and providing an analysis of the many different kinds of archaeological evidence with literary sources, this is the most comprehensive study of the subject available, and is essential r
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Front Cover; The Beginnings of Rome; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Lists of maps and tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The Evidence; 1. Historical accounts; 2. The sources of our sources: lost historical accounts; 3. The sources of our sources: Greek accounts; 4. The sources of our sources: family tradition; 5. The sources of our sources: oral tradition; 6. The sources of our sources: documents and archives; 7. The reliability of the annalistic tradition; 8. The antiquarians; 9. The sources and methods of the antiquarians; 10. Archaeological evidence
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2. The Pre-Roman Background1. Early Italy; 2. The Italian Iron Age; 3. Literary evidence; 4. The languages of Italy; 5. Who were the Etruscans?; 3. The origins of rome; 1. Archaeology in Rome and Old Latium: the nature of the evidence; 2. The character of the settlements; 3. The ancient tradition; 4. The origin of the legends: Romulus and Remus; 5. The origin of the legends: Aeneas and the Trojans; 6. The origin of the legends: Evander and Hercules; 7. The historical value of the legends; 8. Archaic formulae and institutional 'fossils'; 9. The Sabines and early Rome
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10. Rome's Indo-European heritage11. Conclusions; 4. The Rise of the City-State; 1. Aristocrats, clans, and the 'orientalising' phase; 2. Greek colonisation and its effects; 3. Urbanisation; 4. The city-state: theoretical problems; 5. Literacy and its uses: the calendar of Numa; 6. Changes in funerary practice; 7. Sanctuaries; 8. Institutions; 5. Traditional History: Kings, Queens, Events and Dates; 1. The seven kings; 2. The chronology of the regal period: general; 3. The chronology of the regal period: the Tarquin dynasty; 4. The Tarquins: a new phase of Roman history?
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5. Who was Servius Tullius?6. The nature of kingship at Rome; 7. Adventurers and tyrants; 6. The Myth of 'Etruscan Rome'; 1. 'Etruscheria'; 2. Etruscan rule in Latium and Campania; 3. The Tarquins and the nature of Etruscan rule in Rome; 4. Etruscan cultural domination; 5. Rome and Etruscan culture: alternative models; 6. The evidence of the sources; 7. Conclusion; 7. The Reforms of Servius Tullius; 1. The local tribes; 2. The centuriate organisation; 3. The origins of the centuriate organisation: Fraccaro's theory; 4. The hoplite phalanx; 5. Subsequent developments
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6. Centuries and tribes: the problem7. Centuries and tribes: a possible solution; 8. Political implications of the centuriate reform; 8. The Power of Rome in the Sixth Century; 1. The walls of Rome; 2. The sacred boundary and the 'city of the four regions'; 3. Territory and population; 4. 'La grande Roma dei Tarquinii'; 5. The treaty between Rome and Carthage; 9. The Begnnings of the Roman Republic; 1. The expulsion of the kings; 2. The problem of chronology; 3. The 'departure of the Etruscans'; 4. The new republic; 5. Other Italian republics
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6. The separation of political and religious functions
Additional Edition:
9781136754968
Additional Edition:
Print version The Beginnings of Rome : Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c.1000-264 BC)
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English
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