Dillon Matthew - Ancient Rome: social and historical documents from the early Republic to the death of Augustus

ANCIENT ROME

In this second edition, Ancient Rome presents an extensive range of material, from the early Republic to the death of Augustus, with two new chapters on the Second Triumvirate and The Age of Augustus. Dillon and Garland have also included more extensive late Republican and Augustan sources on social developments, as well as further information on the Golden Age of Roman literature.

Providing comprehensive coverage of all important documents pertaining to the Roman Republic and the Augustan age, Ancient Rome includes:

source material on political and military developments in the Roman Republic and Augustan age (509 BCAD 14)

detailed chapters on social phenomena, such as Roman religion, slavery and freedmen, women and the family, and the public face of Rome

clear, precise translations of documents taken not only from historical sources but also from inscriptions, laws and decrees, epitaphs, graffiti, public speeches, poetry, private letters and drama

concise up-to-date bibliographies and commentaries for each document and chapter

a definitive collection of source material on the Roman Republic and early empire.

Students of ancient Rome and classical studies will find this new edition of the sourcebook, and the companion textbook The Ancient Romans, invaluable at all levels of study.

Matthew Dillon is Associate Professor of Ancient History, School of Humanities, University of New England, Australia. His main research interests are ancient Greek history and religion. With Lynda Garland, he is the author of Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander, Third Edition (Routledge, 2010) and The Ancient Greeks (Routledge, 2012).

Lynda Garland is a Professor of Medieval History, University of New England, Australia. Her main research interests are in the areas of Byzantine Studies, the crusades and ancient history.

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The Story of Athens,Phillip Harding

Roman Social History,Tim Parkin and Arthur Pomeroy

Death in Ancient Rome,Valerie Hope

Ancient Rome, Second Edition,Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland

Sexuality in Greek and Roman Literature,Marguerite Johnson and Terry Ryan

Athenian Political Oratory,David Phillips

Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era,Georgia Irby-Massie and Paul Keyser

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Warfare in Ancient Greece,Michael M. Sage

The Government of the Roman Empire,Barbara Levick

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Greek and Roman Technology,John Humphrey, John Oleson and Andrew Sherwood

Roman Italy 388 BCAD 200,Kathryn Lomas

The Roman Army 31 BCAD 337,Brian Campbell

The Roman Household,Jane F. Gardner and Thomas Wiedemann

Athenian Politics,G.R. Stanton

Greek and Roman Slavery,Thomas Wiedemann

Forthcoming:

The Roman Household,Jane F. Gardner and Thomas Wiedemann

Travel in the Roman Mind,Richard Talbert and Grant Parker

Ancient City of Rome,Christopher Smith, J.C.N. Coulston and Hazel Dodge

Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity, Second Edition,A.D. Lee

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ANCIENT ROME

Social and Historical Documents from the Early Republic to the Death of Augustus

Second edition

Matthew Dillon

and

Lynda Garland

First published 2005

This second edition published 2015

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Contents

The importance of oratory

Romes conquest of the Mediterranean

Boundary stones of the Gracchan period

The Catilinarian conspiracy, 63 BC

Antony, Cleopatra and Parthia

This second edition of Ancient Rome: Social and Historical Documents from the Early Republic to the Death of Augustus owes its existence to all those readers who found the first edition of use and who commented on its strengths and omissions. We have been prompted by these comments to produce a second edition rather than reprinting the original Ancient Rome, and are especially pleased that a number of scholars have found these translated documents useful resources for their publications.

This second edition of Ancient Rome has been expanded in its historical range down to the death of Augustus in AD 14 and so has a new title: Ancient Rome: Social and Historical Documents from the Early Republic to the Death of Augustus. Over the last ten years since the publication of the first edition, the authors have become convinced that it was necessary to give a fuller historical treatment of Roman history so that users of the book could follow what was happening in Rome during the Second Triumvirate and the principate of Augustus. This also means that the social history chapters in this volume have been expanded to include documents from this half-century down to AD 14, giving a wider and more detailed indication of what Roman society was like during this period.