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Smith was born in Aylesbury, England in 1965.
(The gens or 'clan', a key social formation in archaic Rom...)
The gens or 'clan', a key social formation in archaic Rome, has given rise to considerable interpretative problems for modern scholarship. In this comprehensive exploration of the subject, C.J. 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 in the way we understand the genos may impact upon our understanding of Roman history. This significant work makes an important contribution not only to the study of archaic Rome, but also to the history of ideas.
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What was happening in Rome when Homer was writing the Iliad in Greece? In this book, Christopher Smith fully details the archaeological and literary evidence from early Rome and the surrounding region of Latium, spanning from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the sixth century. He attempts to set the region of Latium in its proper context as participant, witness, and, ultimately, victim of the radical transformation of civilization in central Italy and in the Mediterranean as a whole.
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Smith was born in Aylesbury, England in 1965.
He attended Aylesbury Grammar School. He then attended Keble College, University of Oxford to read a Bachelor of Arts in Literae Humaniores, graduating in 1988.
He is the current Director of the British School at Rome and Professor of Ancient History at the University of Street Andrews. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy also from Keble College 1992 His research explores constitutionalism and state formation with particular emphasis on the development of Rome as a political and social community and how this was represented in ancient historical writing and subsequent political thought. He joined the University of Street Andrews in 1992 as a Lecturer in Ancient History and was appointed to a chair in 2002.
He was formerly Proctor & Provost of Street Leonard"s College, University of Street Andrews.
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(The gens or 'clan', a key social formation in archaic Rom...)
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