Rosenstein N., Morstein-Marx R. (eds). A Companion to the Roman Republic

Blackwell Publishing, 2006. — 737 pp. — (Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history). — ISBN: 978-1-4051-0217-9.This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practiced.
- Highlights recent developments, including archaeological discoveries, fresh approaches to textual sources, and the opening up of new areas of historical study;
- Retains the drama of the Republic's rise and fall;
- Emphasizes not just the evidence of texts and physical remains, but also the models and assumptions that scholars bring to these artefacts;
- Looks at the role played by the physical geography and environment of Italy;
- Offers a compact but detailed narrative of military and political developments from the birth of the Roman Republic through to the death of Julius Caesar;
- Discusses current controversies in the field.Preface (Robert Morstein-Marx and Nathan Rosenstein).
Introductory.
Methods, Models, and Historiography (Martin Jehne. Translated by Robert Morstein-Marx and Benjamin Wolkow).
Literary Sources (Edward Bispham).
Epigraphy and Numismatics (Mark Pobjoy).
The Topography and Archaeology of Republican Rome (Mario Torelli. Translated by Helena Fracchia).
The Physical Geography and Environment of Republican Italy (Simon Stoddart).
Narrative.
Between Myth and History: Rome’s Rise from Village to Empire (the Eighth Century to 264) (Kurt A. Raaflaub).
Mediterranean Empire (264–134) (Daniel J. Gargola).
From the Gracchi to the First Civil War (133–70) (C. F. Konrad).
The Final Crisis (69–44) (W. Jeffrey Tatum).
Civic Structures.
Communicating with the Gods (Jorg Rupke).
Law in the Roman Republic (Michael C. Alexander).
The Constitution of the Roman Republic (John A. North).
Army and Society (Paul Erdkamp).
Society.
Social Structure and Demography (Neville Morley).
Finding Roman Women (Beryl Rawson).
Political Culture.
The City of Rome (John R. Patterson).
Aristocratic Values (Nathan Rosenstein).
Popular Power in the Roman Republic (Alexander Yakobson).
Patronage (Elizabeth Deniaux. Translated by Robert Morstein-Marx and Robert Martz).
Rhetoric and Public Life (Jean-Michel David. Translated by Robert Morstein-Marx and Robert Martz).
The Republican Body (Anthony Corbeill).
The Creation of a Roman Identity.
Romans and Others (Erich S. Gruen).
History and Collective Memory in the Middle Republic (Karl-J. Holkeskamp).
Art and Architecture in the Roman Republic (Katherine E. Welch).
Literature (William W. Batstone).
Controversies.
Conceptualizing Roman Imperial Expansion under the Republic: An Introduction (Arthur M. Eckstein).
The Economy: Agrarian Change During the Second Century (Luuk de Ligt).
Rome and Italy (John R. Patterson).
The Transformation of the Republic (Robert Morstein-Marx and Nathan Rosenstein).