C. J. Smith

Roman Clan (eBook, PDF)

The Gens from Ancient Ideology to Modern Anthropology

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The gens, a key social formation in archaic Rome, has given rise to considerable interpretative problems for modern scholarship. In this comprehensive exploration of the subject, Professor Smith examines the mismatch between the ancient evidence and modern interpretative models influenced by social anthropology and political theory. He offers a detailed comparison of the gens with the Attic genos and illustrates, for the first time, how recent changes in the way we understand the genos may impact upon our understanding of Roman history. He develops a concept of the gens within the interlocking communal institutions of early Rome, which touches on questions of land ownership, warfare and the patriciate, before offering an explanation of the role of the gens and the part it might play in modern political theory. This significant work makes an important contribution not only to the study of archaic Rome, but also to the history of ideas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511159367
• Artikelnr.: 38196218

Autorenporträt

C. J. Smith is a self-proclaimed fantasy nerd, having spent most of her life immersed in fantasy role-playing games and novels. She holds a Master's Degree in English from Southern New Hampshire University, where her thesis examined the influence of literature in Dungeons & Dragons. She currently resides in Tennessee with her husband and can frequently be found with her nose in a book.

Inhaltsangabe

General introduction
Part I: Introduction
1. The ancient evidence
2. Modern interpretations
3. The gens in the mirror: Roman gens and Attic genos
4. Archaeology and the gens
Part I conclusion
Part II: 5. The Roman community
6. The Roman curiae
7. The patricians and the land
8. The patriciate
9. Warfare in the regal and early republican periods
10. Explaining the gens
11. Roman history and the modern world
Appendix 1. Dionysius of Halicarnassus on the Roman curiae and religion
Appendix 2. The missing curiae.