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Author Yarrow, Liv Mariah, author

Title The Roman Republic to 49 BCE : using coins as sources / Liv Mariah Yarrow
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (xlv, 274 pages)
Series Guides to the coinage of the ancient world
Guides to the coinage of the ancient world
Summary The narrative of Roman history has been largely shaped by the surviving literary sources, augmented in places by material culture. The numerous surviving coins can, however, provide new information on the distant past. This accessible but authoritative guide introduces the student of ancient history to the various ways in which they can help us understand the history of the Roman republic, with fresh insights on early Roman-Italian relations, Roman imperialism, urban politics, constitutional history, the rise of powerful generals and much more. The text is accompanied by over 200 illustrations of coins, with detailed captions, as well as maps and diagrams so that it also functions as a sourcebook of the key coins every student of the period should know. Throughout, it demystifies the more technical aspects of the field of numismatics and ends with a how-to guide for further research for non-specialists
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Subject Coins, Roman -- Pictorial works
Coins, Roman.
SUBJECT Rome -- History -- Republic, 510-30 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115114
Subject Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form History.
Pictorial works.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139005173
1139005170