Chapter 5 Review: Suggested References

Scholars continue to debate the causes and the effects of the rise and fall of the Roman Republic, focusing in particular on the intended and unintended political, social, and cultural consequences of the many wars that the Romans fought in this period.

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*Cicero. On the Good Life. Trans. Michael Grant. 1971.

Cornell, Tim. The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c. 1000–264 B.C.). 1995.

Daily life (and more): http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/romanpages.html

Earl, Donald. The Moral and Political Tradition of Rome. 1967.

Flower, Harriet. Roman Republics. 2009.

Gardner, Jane. Women in Roman Law and Society. 1986.

Goldworthy, Adrian. The Punic Wars. 2000.

Haynes, Sybill. Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History. 2005.

Hoyos, Dexter. The Carthaginians. 2010.

Martin, Thomas R. Ancient Rome: From Romulus to Justinian. 2012.

*Plutarch. The Fall of the Roman Republic. Trans. Rex Warner. Rev. ed. 2006.

Ramage, Nancy H., and Andrew Ramage. Roman Art. 2008.

Roller, Duane W. Cleopatra: A Biography. 2010.

Rosenstein, Nathan, and Robert Morstein-Marx, eds. A Companion to the Roman Republic. 2006.