Description:
This textbook outlines the factors that every student must assess for a proper understanding of the period, from the attitudes of the aristocracy and the role of state religion to the function of political institutions.
Brief description: Mary Beard is Professor of Classics, and Fellow of Newnham College, University of Cambridge, UK, and Classics Editor of the Times Literary Supplement.
Review Quotes:
"Provides an excellent overview of some of the major trends in the last century of the Roman Republic." --Classical World
"A book that should encourage young students to think for themselves, both about the main issues of the period and about the methodology of history." --JACT Review