During the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italian peninsula in 264 B.C., the Romans in large measure developed the social, political, and military structure that would be the foundation of their spectacular imperial success. In this comprehensive and clearly written account, Gary Forsythe draws extensively from historical, archaeological, linguistic, epigraphic, religious, and legal evidence as he traces Rome's early development within a multicultural environment of Latins, Sabines, Etruscans, Greeks, and Phoenicians. His study charts the...
During the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italian peninsula in 264 B.C., the Romans in large measur...
Here, author Gary Forsythe examines both the religious history of the Roman Republic and the religious history of the Roman Empire. These six studies are unified by the important role played by various concepts of time in Roman religious thought and practice.
Here, author Gary Forsythe examines both the religious history of the Roman Republic and the religious history of the Roman Empire. These six studies ...
