Early Rome to 290 BC: The Beginnings of the City and the Rise of the Republic Contributor(s): Bradley, Guy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748621105 ISBN-13: 9780748621101 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $38.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Italy - History | Ancient - Rome - Social Science | Archaeology |
Dewey: 937.03 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.40 lbs) 432 pages |
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Publisher Description: A new view of early Rome as a highly mobile society within a wider interconnected Mediterranean network
In the first few centuries of its existence, Rome developed from a minor settlement on the Tiber into the most powerful city-state in Italy. Guy Bradley examines the reasons for Rome's emergence and success within a highly competitive Italian environment, and how much it owed to its neighbours. He explains how many of Rome's key characteristics, such as its powerful ruling elite, its stable political institutions, its openness to outsiders, and its intensely militaristic society, were shaped by their origins in the monarchy and early Republic. |