Hearsay, History, and Heresy: Collected Essays on the Roman Republic by Richard E. Mitchell

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A collection of articles by Richard E. Mitchell presenting all the major historiographical problems scholars encounter in reconstructing the early Republic. Mitchell was one of the first scholars to question the practice of taking the broad outlines of the accounts handed down by Roman historians (writing hundreds of years later) at face value in writing modern accounts of the period. Table Of Contents Abbreviations “The Assumption Is...” The Fourth Century Origin Of Roman Didrachms Roman-Carthaginian Treaties: 306 And 279/8 B.C. Hoard Evidence And Early Roman Coinage The Aristocracy Of The Roman Republic Historical Development In Livy Roman History, Roman Law, And Roman Priests: The Common Ground The Historical And Historiographical Prominence Of The Pyrrhic War The “Struggle Of The Orders” Is A Fiction Demands For Land Redistribution And Debt Reduction In The Roman Republic Ager Publicus: Public Property And Private Wealth During The Roman Republic What Exactly Is Tradition In The Context Of Roman Republican History? The Role Of Maritime Colonies In Roman Expansion Works Cited Index