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Roman senators and equestrians were always vulnerable to prosecution for their official conduct, especially since politically motivated accusations were common. When charged with a crime in Republican Rome, such men had a choice concerning their fate. They could either remain in Rome and face possible conviction and punishment, or go into voluntary exile and avoid legal sentence. For the majority of the Republican period, exile was not a formal legal penalty contained in statutes, although it was the practical outcome of most capital convictions. Despite its importance in the political arena, Roman exile has been a neglected topic in modern scholarship. This 2006 study examines all facets of exile in the Roman Republic: its historical development, technical legal issues, the possibility of restoration, as well as the effects of exile on the lives and families of banished men

Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Agriculture in Italy from Hannibal to Tiberius Gracchus -- Notes -- 2. War and Agriculture: A Critique of the Conventional View -- Notes -- 3. War and the Life Cycles of Families: Three Models -- Notes -- 4. Mortality in War -- Notes -- 5. Military Mortality and Agrarian Crisis -- Notes -- Appendix 1. The Number of Roman Slaves in 168 B.C. -- Notes -- Appendix 2. The Accuracy of the Roman Calendar before 218 B.C. -- Notes -- Appendix 3. Tenancy -- Notes -- Appendix 4. The Minimum Age for Military Service -- Notes -- Appendix 5. The Proportion of Assidui in the Roman Population -- Notes -- Appendix 6. The Duration of Military Service in the Second Century B.C. -- Notes -- Appendix 7. The Number of Citizen Deaths as a Result of Military Service between 203 and 168 B.C. -- Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B-C -- D -- E-F -- G-H -- I-L -- M -- N-P -- Q-S -- T-U -- V-W -- Y-Z.

Konzentrierte Darstellung der römischen Geschichte vom legendären Anfang bis zu Augustus. Rezension: Die "auf die Grundlinien der Entwicklung konzentrierte(n) Darstellung der römischen Geschichte vom legendären Anfang bis zu Augustus" (Erdmann Steinmetz zur 1. Auflage 2002) liegt jetzt in einer Auflage vor, die vornehmlich bei den Hinweisen zur Forschung und Literatur aktualisiert wurde. (2-3)

In ancient Greece and Rome an ambiguous relationship developed between man and nature, and this decisively determined the manner in which they treated the environment. On the one hand, nature was conceived as a space characterized and inhabited by divine powers, which deserved appropriate respect. On the other, a rationalist view emerged, according to which humans were to subdue nature using their technologies and to dispose of its resources. This book systematically describes the ways in which the Greeks and Romans intervened in the environment and thus traces the history of the tension between the exploitation of resources and the protection of nature, from early Greece to the period of late antiquity. At the same time it analyses the comprehensive opening up of the Mediterranean and the northern frontier regions, both for settlement and for economic activity. The book's level and approach make it highly accessible to students and non-specialists

A compelling account of how Rome became supreme power in Europe and the Mediterranean world. The book highlights the significance of Rome's success in the wars against Pyrrhys, Carhage, the Hellenistic kingdoms and in Spain that led to empire, and it shows how the Republic's success in conquering an empire changed the conquerors. It is unusual in focusing on a discrete, vital period in Roman history rather than attempting to cover all of it or even just the Republic

This book, first published in 1994, is concerned with discovering what it was like to be a slave in the classical Roman world, and with revealing the impact the institution of slavery made on Roman society at large. It shows how and in what sense Rome was a slave society through much of its history, considers how the Romans procured their slaves, discusses the work roles slaves fulfilled and the material conditions under which they spent their lives, investigates how slaves responded to and resisted slavery, and reveals how slavery, as an institution, became more and more oppressive over time under the impact of philosophical and religious teaching. The book stresses the harsh realities of life in slavery and the way in which slavery was an integral part of Roman civilisation

Preliminary Material /Steven E. Sidebotham -- Introduction /Steven E. Sidebotham -- Erythraean Sea Trade: Wares, Type, Cost and Volume /Steven E. Sidebotham -- Facilitating the Commerce: Roads, Ports and Canals for the Expanding Roman Trade /Steven E. Sidebotham -- Regulations, Traders and Taxes /Steven E. Sidebotham -- The Genesis and Evolution of Roman Policy in the Erythraean sea /Steven E. Sidebotham -- Conclusion /Steven E. Sidebotham -- The Terms \'Erythra Thalassa\' and \'Rubrum Mare\' /Steven E. Sidebotham -- The Date of the Periplus Maris Erythraei /Steven E. Sidebotham -- Bibliography /Steven E. Sidebotham -- Index /Steven E. Sidebotham.