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CLEERO
AND THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
F. R. COWELL
with 56 illustrations in photogravure
and 15 Isotype charts
in colour
LONDON
SIR ISAAC PITMAN AND SONS, LTD.PICTORIAL CHARTS IN COLOUR
designed by the Isotype Institute
CHART
I The Geology of Central Italy
The Growth of Roman Territory
II The Expansion of Roman Power in Italy
III The Growth of Plebeian Power in Rome Sollowing
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Iv The Roman World in the Age of Cicero
66
Vv The Political Organisation of Italy
VI Rome’s Near Neighbours and Allies, 298 8.c.
S\WAnt The Lost Literature of Rome
VIII The Expansion of Roman Power
in the Mediterranean
IX Conjectural Composition of the Roman Army
in the Heroic Age of the Republic
x A Legion in Battle Order—Heroic Age
Sollowing
XI Conjectural Composition of the Roman Army
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in the Age of Cicero
210
XII A Legion in Battle Order—Age of Cicero
xu11 The Machinery of Government in Rome, 150 B.c.
XIV The Machinery of Government under
Julius Caesar, 45 B.c.
xv The Machinery of Government in Britain, 1948
In addition, an Isotype map of Italy in Cicero’s time
will be found on page 97
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CHART |
The Geology of Central Italy
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Eocene
Cretaceous
Jurassic
- Triassic ~ pacentecesnsnes limits of Roman territory 500 B.C. * |
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The Growth of Roman Territory
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Each square represents 300 square miles
dork red: area of full Roman citizenship
Soht red: area of cives sine suffragio :
‘erge rectangle : total area of Italy, excluding Cisalpine Gaul ISOTYPE
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The Expansion of Roman Power i n The Growth ok Plebeian oe in
ltaly Law-Making Assemblies Elected Officials —- Rome
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Gaul Umbria,} - Campania Marsi, Tarentum Brutium Consuls
Picenum : ete. etc.
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dark red: with full Roman citizenship
“) colour: with full law-making. power blue: office reserved for patricians
light red: cives sine suffragio
Se colour: with qualified law-making power black: office reserved for plebeiars
small blue symbols: intermittent raids and warfare
ee me- with elective power only grey: office open to both orders -
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outline blue swords: wars of 1-4 years duration
Glee= patricians
full blue swords: wars of 5 years and over
Gieck= plebeians : INSTITUT! E
connected blue symbols: one symbol for each 10 years of war
blue arrows: invasions of Gauls
green circles: foundation of Latin coldnies
red circles:
grey
foundation
symbols:
of Roman citizen colonies
important internal disturbances
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blue symbols: towns of Phoenician foundation
black symbols: towns of Greek foundation
red symbols: towns of Roman foundation
grey symbols: towns of other foundation
red lines: Roman roads
yellow lines: limits of Roman Empire in 60 B.C.
green: area where olives and vines would grow~ CHART V
The. Political Organisation at Italy
338 -90 B.C.
CHART V CHART VI
The. Political Organisation of Italy Rome’s Near Neighbours and Allies
338 -90 B.C. 298 B.C.
VESTINI
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Citizen
Colonies
‘Latin’ Colonies
KEY FOR CHARTS V and VI =
full red figures: Roman citizens with vote-cives Romani red names: Roman tribes
outline red figures: Roman citizens without vote-cives sine suffragio
Allied Peoples full green figures: ‘Latin’ allies - soci Latini_ nominis black figures: enemy
outline green figures: other allies -socii
red walls: colony or city of Roman foundation. with green figures: Latin’ colony. with red figures: Roman
black walls: city not of Roman foundation and without a colony citizen colony
LINKS WITH ROME SHOWN ON CHART V :
blue tablet: official instructions red figures with purple outline: Roman officials
yellow symbol: booty and land declared ‘public’
shading: areas between which trade and intermarriage allowed
broken red line: possibility of becoming a Roman citizen sonnel
Greek Seaport
men with swords: soldiers on water: guarding coast INSTITUTE
Allied City StatesCHART VII 3
The Lost Literature of Rome .
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40-year periods Known to Cicero, but now lost to our time |
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about 243-204 B.C. |
about 203-164 B.C.
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Each symbol represents the works of one author in a particular field of literature
outline red: Poetry and Drama full green: Law and Politics
outline blue: History full red: Literary and Scholastic
outline green: Oratory full blue: Autobiography
outline black: Practical Manuals full yellow: Philosophy
those with ¢: by Cicero
full black: Religion
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INSTITUTE: CHART Vill
The Expansion of Roman Power in the
Africa | Spain | Gaul
Konic _
Italy | Balkans | Asia
Mediterranean
HANNIBAL
HASDRUBAL
red: Roman territory
yellow: Roman provinces
outline blue swords: wars of 1-4 years duration.
full blue swords: wars of 5 years and over
blue lines: invasions, purple swords: civil wars, black symbols: revolts of slaves
‘grey symbols: other important internal disturbances
red circles: foundation of R citizen col :
= green circles: foundation of Latin colonies : : feteCHART IX CHART X a
Conjectural Composition of the Roman A Legion in Battle Order
— Heroic Age
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Conjectural Composition of the Roman A Legion in Battle Order - Age of Cicero
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The Machinery of Government in The Machinery of Government under
Rome, 150 B.C. Julius Caesar, 45 B.C.
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The Machinery of Government
in Britain, 1948
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