The Roman Historical Tradition ─ Regal and Republican Rome

The study of Regal and Republican Rome presents a difficult and yet exciting challenge. The extant evidence, which for the most part is literary, is late, sparse, and difficult, and the value of it has long been a subject of intense and sometimes heated scholarly discussion. This volume provides students with an introduction to a range of important problems in the study of ancient Rome during the Regal and Republican periods in one accessible collection, bringing together a diverse range of influential papers. Of particular importance is the question of the value of the historiographical evidence (i.e. what the Romans themselves wrote about their past). By juxtaposing different and sometimes incompatible reactions to the evidence, the collection aims to challenge its readers and invite them to join the debate, and to assess the ancient evidence and modern interpretations of it for themselves.

James H. Richardson is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. He is the author ofThe Fabii and the Gauls: Studies in Historical Thought and Historiography in Republican Rome and various articles on Roman history.

Federico Santangelo is Lecturer in Ancient History at Newcastle University. He is a graduate of the University of Bologna and University College London. He has published on various aspects of Roman Republican history and is the author ofSulla, the Elites and the Empire: A Study of Roman Policies in Italy and the Greek East (2007) andDivination, Prediction and the End of the Roman Republic (2013).