State and Family in Early Rome

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Excerpt from State and Family in Early Rome Element underlies what on the surface appear to be purely political and economic controversies, has been shown by M. Pustel de Coulanges. Without some such key, the struggles of the patrician and plebeian orders, for instance, are to my mind merely bewildering. But when we perceive how self-interest is buttressed or antagonized by traditional, though doubtless obsolescent, religious prejudices, politics and economics drop into their proper perspective, and we may impartially respect the standpoints of all parties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.