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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 2836487, member: 88829&quot;]Crawford&#039;s <i>The Roman Republic</i> is part of the &quot;Fontana History of the Ancient World&quot; project, which attempts to do serious history writing in the format of outline and attestation.&nbsp; The goal is to give an authoritative overview of the topic so the reader gets to know the issues and the sources.&nbsp; It is written for historians who need it as a jumping off point for further work.&nbsp; It was first copyrighted in 1978, so it has been around a while, but in this field still has currency. </p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford does use coins as evidence, but it is not a numismatic study by any stretch.&nbsp; Nonetheless, his interest in monetary matters does keep the currency in the gunsights.</p><p><br /></p><p>For $2 you can&#039;t go wrong, unless you don&#039;t think you would ever use it even as a reference book.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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