Below you'll find an annotated version of the further reading list for this chapter (p. 68).
General Texts on the Period
Beard, Mary, SPQR (London: Profile, 2016)
Excellent introduction to the nature of this period. Invaluable for anyone who has never studied this period.
Boardman, John (ed.), The Oxford History of the Roman World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001)
Cary M. and H.H Scullard, A History of Rome (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 1980), 3rd ed.
Good reference for anyone teaching or studying this period for the first time.
Faulkner, Neil, Rome: Empire of the Eagles, 753 BC - AD 476 (Abingdon: Routledge, 2013)
Hornblower, Simon and Tony Spawforth, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilisation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014)
Mackay, Christopher S., Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), pp. 3-40
Renshaw, James, In Search of the Romans (London: Bristol Classical, 2008)
Targeted at GCSE learners. A colourful and engaging text which will help place the Foundation myths in context.
Southern, Patricia, Ancient Rome: The Republic 753–30BC (Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2011), p. 11–68
Good accessible text introducing many of the themes learners will encounter.
Focused Texts
Claridge, Amanda, Oxford Archaeological Guides: Rome (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), 2nd ed.
Cornell, Tim, The Beginnings of Rome (Abingdon: Routledge, 1995)
Highly recommended – despite some of its conclusions potentially being outdated due to discoveries made after its publication. Easy to navigate and explore the archaeological evidence from this period.
Flower, Harriet, Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World: The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004)
Fraschetti, Ausgusto, The Foundation of Rome (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005), trans. Marian Hill and Kevin Windle
Grandazzi, Alexandre, The Foundation of Rome: Myth and History (Ithaca: Cornell, 1997), trans. Jane Marie Todd
Mellor, Ronald, The Roman Historians (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999)
Mazzoni, Cristina, She-wolf: The Story of a Roman Icon (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010)
Serres, Michel, Rome: The First Book of Foundations (London: Bloomsbury, 2015), trans. Randolph Burks
Smith, Christopher, The Etruscans: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996)
Sorek, Susan, Ancient Historians: A Student Handbook (London: Bloomsbury, 2012), pp.105–12
Southern, Patricia, The Roman Army: History 753 BC-AD 476 (Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2016)
Documentaries
Mary Beard, Meet the Romans (BBC/IMC Vision, 2012)
Mary Beard, Ultimate Rome (BBC/IMC Vision, 2016)
Two wonderful documentaries which will help introduce Roman life and culture.
Ancient Sources
Electronic versions can be found online - see Suggested Source Material.
Dionysius of Halicarnasus, Roman Antiquities: Books 1-9
Livy, The Rise of Rome: Books 1-5 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998), trans. T. J. Luce
Mellor, Ronald, The Historians of Ancient Rome: An Anthology of the Major Writings (Abingdon: Routledge, 2012)
