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Hearsay, history, and heresy : collected essays on the Roman Republic by Richard E. Mitchell /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitchell, Richard E., 1934-
Other Authors: Howarth, Randall S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Rome > History > Republic, 510-30 B.C. > Historiography.
Rome > History > Republic, 510-30 B.C. > Sources.
Rome > History > Republic, 510-30 B.C.
Table of Contents:
  • "The assumption is..." : an introduction / by Randall S. Howarth
  • The fourth century origin of Roman didrachms
  • Roman-Carthaginian treaties : 306 and 279/8 B.C.
  • Hoard evidence and early Roman coinage
  • The aristocracy of the Roman Republic
  • Historical development in Livy
  • Roman history, Roman law, and Roman priests : the common ground
  • The historical and historiographical prominence of the Pyrrhic War
  • The "struggle of the orders" is a fiction
  • Demands for land redistribution and debt reduction in the Roman Republic
  • Ager publicus : public property and private wealth during the Roman Republic
  • What exactly is "tradition" in the context of Roman Republican history?
  • The role of maritime colonies in Roman expansion.