Early Rome to 290 BC

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By stepping outside of the binary of optimists and pessimists in his approach to the literary evidence, and by judiciously interpreting the ever-increasing body of archaeological material, Guy Bradley offers an evenhanded and insightful narrative of the development of Rome in his Early Rome to 290 BC: The Beginnings of the City and the Rise of the Republic over the course of eleven chapters (six thematic chapters bringing us to the sixth century BCE followed by five more advancing to 290 BCE). -- Parrish Elizabeth Wright * Ancient World Magazine * Guy Bradley's monumental study of early Rome represents the most balanced and scholarly account we have. His grasp of the archaeological material, the literary evidence and the theoretical frameworks is second to none, and this is now the standard account against which all rival interpretations will be measured. * Christopher Smith, University of St Andrew's * Overall, there can be no doubt that this book captures the broad outlines very clearly and offers a good representation of the increasingly optimistic tendencies in scholarship, which are based on a growing material basis and on bold models. -- Uwe Walter * Histos 16, 2022 * Guy Bradley's Early Rome to 290 BC is an engaging analysis of Rome's ascension from a small hillside community to a supreme power in central Italy. I found it both accessible and scholarly, and enjoyed the way it presents the latest archaeological evidence in tables, maps and illustrations. -- Juliana Costa-Veysey * The Journal of Classics Teaching (2022), 1-3 *