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BEARD, M., and M. CRAWFORD, Rome in the Late Republic. Problems and Interpretations. Duckworth, London, 2005. 2nd ed. VIII,120p. Paperback. 'Some of the most interesting parts of the book are concerned with making explicit the difference between ancient conceptions and our own (...), or with condemning the use of modern conceptions and attempting to reconstruct ancient attitudes, (...). The treatment of the relations between Romans and Italians (...) is clear, subtle and imaginative, showing how the evidence of language, funerary inscriptions, prosopography and politics can be combined to plot the increasing Romanisation of 'tota Italia', a process which first exacerbated tension but ultimately produced a predominantly homogeneous society. The most original chapters, those on culture and religion, make an important plea for the centralicity of intellectual history because it reveals how the ancientsunderstood their own actions and experiences.' (MIRIAM GRIFFIN on the first edition in The Classical Review (New Series), 1986, pp.270-71). € 10.00 (Antiquarian) ISBN: 9780715629284