Social Struggles in Archaic Rome by Kurt A. Raaflaub - 9781405100601

Social Struggles in Archaic RomeNew Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders\nAuthor(s): Kurt A. Raaflaub\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781405100601, 978-1405100601\nSynopsis\nThis 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.\n\nAnalyzes social conflicts between patricians and plebeians in early republican Rome\nIncludes 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\nContributors have written addenda for the new edition, updating their chapters in light of recent scholarship