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The Voting Districts of the Roman Republic: The Thirty-Five Urban and Rural
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The Voting Districts of the Roman Republic: The Thirty-Five Urban and Rural Tribes Hardcover - 2013

by Lily Ross Taylor; Jerzy Linderski


From the publisher

Fundamental to an understanding of the Roman Republic is comprehension of the tribal system employed to organize citizens. Used first for the census, raising an army, and tax collection, tribes later became voting districts for the election of magistrates. Voting districts were distributed geographically in and around the city of Rome and eventually throughout the Italian countryside, and they have been studied through evidence largely textual and epigraphical.

In this volume, first published in 1960, evidence is adduced to locate and describe the tribes' locations. In his major new update, Lily Ross Taylor's disciple and scholarly follower Jerzy Linderski brings forward new evidence resolving earlier cruces, updates the lengthy bibliography on voting districts, and situates this invaluable work in its historical perspective.

Details

  • Title The Voting Districts of the Roman Republic: The Thirty-Five Urban and Rural Tribes
  • Author Lily Ross Taylor; Jerzy Linderski
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Michigan Press
  • Date 2013
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780472118694 / 0472118692
  • Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.6 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 4.06 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Italy
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Classics
  • Library of Congress subjects Rome, Rome - Politics and government - 265-30 B.C
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013474183
  • Dewey Decimal Code 937.02

About the author

Lily Ross Taylor was Professor of Classics at Bryn Mawr College and recipient of the American Philological Association's Award of Merit.

Jerzy Linderski is Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.