The Roman Clan: The Gens from Ancient Ideology to Modern Anthropology

by Christopher Smith, Smith C. J., Smith C. J.

Book Overview

The gens, a key social formation in archaic Rome, has given rise to considerable interpretative problems for modern scholarship. In this comprehensive exploration of the subject, Professor Smith examines the mismatch between the ancient evidence and modern interpretative models influenced by social anthropology and political theory. He offers a detailed comparison of the gens with the Attic genos and illustrates, for the first time, how recent changes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521856922
• ISBN13: 9780521856928
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.0"