Society (753-201 BC)

Romulus’ Asylum: Roman Identities from the Age of Alexander to the Age of Hadrian by Emma Dench (2005; 9780198150510) Intermediate Social: Dench examines later uses of Rome’s foundation myths in the construction of Roman identity, in terms of the paradox between, on one hand, the Roman’s inclusivity of new people and, on the other, their sense of shared ethnic roots and common descent. As the title of the book suggests, her analysis goes far beyond the Regal and early republican periods, but nevertheless this is an important study for how later Romans thought about their own origins.