The Roman Clan
The Gens from Ancient Ideology to Modern Anthropology
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Part of The W. B. Stanford Memorial Lectures
- Author: C. J. Smith, University of St Andrews, Scotland
- Date Published: November 2008
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- isbn: 9780521102254
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The gens or 'clan', a key social formation in archaic Rome, has given rise to considerable interpretative problems for modern scholarship. In this comprehensive exploration of the subject, C.J. 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. This significant work makes an important contribution not only to the study of archaic Rome, but also to the history of ideas.
Read more- Provides the first comprehensive study of the gens in over a century
- Presents a new model for the development of civil and political society in archaic Rome
- Takes an interdisciplinary approach which considers both archaeological and anthropological evidence
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"This is a work of careful scholarship...(T)his is a book that can be highly recommended to those interested in the Roman gens...well worth purchasing..."
David B. Small, Lehigh University, Journal of Anthropological ResearchSee more reviews"...discourse about the origins of Roman sociopolitical organizations will for the future be shaped by Smith's ponderous work, making an exemplary historical problem more accessible to nonclassical scholars broadly interested in the role of clans in emerging states." --Nicola Terrenato, University of Michigan
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- Date Published: November 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521102254
- length: 408 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 154 x 28 mm
- weight: 0.6kg
- contains: 3 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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.
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