Sources for Roman Republican Government

Books: (see also General Reference Works)

Adkins, Lesley, and Roy A. Adkins. Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Christ, Karl. The Romans: An Introduction to Their History and Civilization. Translated by Christopher Holme. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984.

Gruen, Erich. The Last Generation of the Roman Republic. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974.

External Links:

• The Roman Republican Constitution
• List of Roman Consuls (300 BCE - 68 CE)
• Censors of the Roman Republic
• “How Democratic Was the Roman Republic?” by Allen Ward (Ablemedia)

Image List: The coin image is available through the VRoma Image Archive and the drawings through my directory. Images in the VRoma Archive may be used for non-commercial purposes, either by downloading the images or by linking to them; it is not necessary to write for permission, but we do ask that you credit the VRoma Project.

drawing illustrating cursus honorum	drawing of Curia interior	drawing of sella curulis	denarius of Octavian with sella
Barbara McManus; smaller version	Barbara McManus	Barbara McManus	Pergamon Museum, c. 42 BCE

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