A multidisciplinary examination of various social, economic, and legal issues in ancient Rome

The objectives of the work, not the juristic character of available Latin writings, therefore, determined the inclusion or exclusion of any single word or phrase.

First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

At the same time, the book retains the drama of the Republic’s rise and fall. The Companion is divided into three parts.

DIVA reconstruction of the case for the prosecution in the eleven trials in which Cicero delivered an extant defense speech /div

Basing her lively analysis on detailed study of literary and epigraphic material, Jane F. Gardner explores the provisions of the Roman laws as they related to women.

Available for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction that reviews related scholarship of the past twenty years, Erich Gruen's classic study of the late Republic examines institutions as well as personalities, social tensions ...