“Geoffrey Sumi has written a book that should be on every Roman historian’s shelves.”
—New England Classical Journal
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“This is a well-written, informative and useful book . . . an excellent example and an important one, with which those who teach this period in schools should become familiar.”
—The Journal of Classics Teaching
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"Ultimately, the value of Sumi’s book is threefold: first, as an introduction and analysis of Roman public ceremony; second as a clear and elegantly written historical account of a troubled historical period (both in events and in our sources); and third as a contribution to the debate over the role of the populus in the Roman political imagination. A more affordable paperback reissue is particularly welcome as it allows Sumi’s work to reach a wider audience, something this work deserves. "
--Bryn Mawr Classical Review
— Mark Wright, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Compellingly written...For historians, teachers and more advanced students it provides a stimulating perspective on how important events played out in a key period of Rome’s transition."
--Classics for All
— David Stuttard, Classics for All
"Geoffrey Sumi has written a book that should be on every Roman historian's shelves."
—Allen M. Ward, New England Classical Journal
— Allen M. Ward, New England Classical Journal
"This is a well-written, informative and useful book . . . an excellent example and an important one, with which those who teach this period in schools should become familiar."
—John Murrell, The Journal of Classics Teaching
— John Murrell, Lisbon, The Journal of Classics Teaching