A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic

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A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic offers a comparative approach to examining ancient Greek and Roman participatory communities. *Explores various aspects of participatory communities through pairs of chapters-one Greek, one Roman-to highlight comparisons between cultures *Examines the types of relationships that sustained participatory communities, the challenges they faced, and how they responded *Sheds new light on participatory contexts using diverse methodological approaches *Brings an international array of scholars into dialog with each other.;Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright; Contents ; Notes on Contributors ; Abbreviations ; Introduction; Chapter 1 Reading the Past (On Comparison) ; References; Further Reading; Part I The Emergence of Participatory Communities Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Notes on Contributors Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1 Reading the Past (On Comparison) References Further Reading Part I The Emergence of Participatory Communities Chapter 2 Why Greek Democracy? Its Emergence and Nature in Context 1 Introduction, Questions, Sources 2 Foundations and Early Stages: The Eighth and Early Seventh Centuries 3 From Civil Strife to Civic Integration: The Formalization of Institutions in the Late Seventh and Sixth Centuries 4 Sparta's "Great Rhetra," the Sovereignty of the Dēmos, and the Restoration of Eunomia 5 Solon's Reforms in Athens, the Restoration of Eunomia, and the Institutionalization of Civic Responsibility 6 Isonomia and the Integration of the Athenian Polis in the Late Sixth Century7 Eunomia, Isonomia, and Democracy 8 The Emergence of Fully Participatory Democracy in Mid-Fifth-Century Athens 9 Participatory Democracy at Its Height 10 Greek Democracy and Roman Republicanism: Elements of a Comparison References Further Reading Chapter 3 Why Roman Republicanism? Its Emergence and Nature in Context 1 Introduction and Sources 2 Urbanization, State Formation and Aristocratic Clans, c.900-500 BCE3 Kingship in Rome 4 Foundation of the Republic, c.509 BCE 5 Developments in Roman Republicanism, c.500-300 BCE: A Response to Internal and External Pressures 6 Nobilitas, Republicanism, and the Conquest of Italy and Sicily, c.300-241 BCE 7 Conclusion References Further Reading Part II Constructing a Past Chapter 4 Autochthony and Identity in Greek Myth 1 Introduction 2 The Land 3 The Sea4 Plato and the Construction of the Past 5 Conclusion References Further Reading Chapter 5 Agriculture and Identity in Roman Myth 1 Introduction 2 Ideology and Agrarian Writing: The Scholarship 3 The Cincinnatus Story and the Roman Meal 4 The Context and Structure of the Cincinnatus Story 5 Topography: Rus et Urbs 6 Farming, Food Production, and Economics 7 Farming, Authority, and Age 8 How the Motifs and Values of Part I Affect the Interpretation of Part II