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The Fifth-Century Crisis*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2017

Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith*
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British School at Rome director@bsrome.it
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Abstract

This essay seeks to establish the parameters of our uncertainty concerning one of the most difficult periods of Roman history, the period between the traditional end of the Roman monarchy and the passing of the Licinio-Sextian legislation. In addition to some methodological observations, the essay attempts to offer a model for understanding Roman choices and decisions in a period of change and transformation.

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Antichthon , Volume 51: Thematic Issue: Politics and Power in Early Rome 509-264 BC , 2017 , pp. 227 - 250
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© The Australasian Society for Classical Studies 2017 

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I am very grateful to Jeremy Armstrong and James Richardson for the invitation to a highly stimulating conference and to contribute to this volume, and I am grateful also for their comments on this essay.

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