Social Struggles in Archaic Rome

This widely respected study of social conflicts between the patrician elite and the plebeians in the first centuries of the Roman republic has now been enhanced by a new chapter on material culture, updates to individual chapters, an updated bibliography, and a new introduction. Analyzes social conflicts between patricians and plebeians in early republican Rome Includes chapters by leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic illuminating social, economic, legal, religious, military, and political aspects as well as the reliability of historical sources Contributors have written addenda for the new edition, updating their chapters in light of recent scholarship

Notes on Contributors vii Editor's Preface to the second edition ix Editor's Preface to the first edition xvii Chronological Table xxv Abbreviations xxvii I The Conflict of the Orders in Archaic Rome A Comprehensive and Comparative Approach 1 Kurt A. Raaflaub II The Value of the Literary Tradition Concerning Archaic Rome 47 Timothy J. Cornell III The Formation of the “Annalistic Tradition” The Example of the Decemvirate 75 Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg IV The Contribution of Archaeology to Early Roman History 98 Russell T. Scott V Patricians and Plebeians The Origins of a Social Dichotomy 107 Jean-Claude Richard VI The Definition of patres and plebs An End to the Struggle of the Orders 128 Richard E. Mitchell VII The Rise of the plebs in the Archaic Age of Rome 168 Arnaldo Momigliano VIII From Protection and Defense to Offense and Participation Stages in the Conflict of the Orders 185 Kurt A. Raaflaub IX Religious Aspects of the Conflict of the Orders 223 The Case of confarreatio Jerzy Linderski X The Political Significance of the Codification of Law in Archaic Societies 239 An Unconventional Hypothesis Walter Eder XI The Tenth Table and the Conflict of the Orders 268 Mark Toher XII The Integration of the Plebians into the Political Order after 366 bc 293 Robert Develin XIII The End of the Conflict of the Orders 312 Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg Bibliography 333 Index of Subjects 386 Index of Persons and Places 397 Index of Scholars 404 Index of Sources 408