The Sources of Roman Law
Subtitle: Problems and Methods for Ancient Historians (Approaching the Ancient World)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: December 24, 1996
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780415089944
First sentence: Once upon a time, and I use the traditional phrase deliberately, Rome was a small city state governed by kings and closely connected to the Etruscans, a relatively advanced people of central Italy, with wide trading links.