Episode 7. Rome and Its Neighbors, the World of the Early Republic

Works Cited Primary Sources Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Roman Antiquities. Books VI–IX.Livy. Ab Urbe Condita. Books II–V, translated by B. O. Foster, Loeb Classical Library; also translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt, Penguin Classics.Polybius. Histories. Book VI, on the Roman army and its organization.Secondary Sources Beard, Mary. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. Profile Books, 2015. Chapter 5.Cornell, T. J. The Beginnings of Rome. Routledge, 1995. Chapters 11–12.Flower, Harriet. Roman Republics. Princeton University Press, 2010. On the civic culture of the early Republic.Forsythe, Gary. A Critical History of Early Rome. University of California Press, 2005. Chapters 7–8.Goldsworthy, Adrian. The Complete Roman Army. Thames and Hudson, 2003. On equipment, camp life, and the citizen levy.On Specific Topics On the siege of Veii and the introduction of pay: Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, pp. 309–322; Forsythe, A Critical History of Early Rome, pp. 239–244.On the Latin League and the Foedus Cassianum: Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, Chapter 11; Forsythe, A Critical History of Early Rome, Chapter 7.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/real-roman-history/donations