books.google.de - This textbook outlines the factors that every student must assess for a proper understanding of the period, from the attitudes of the aristocracy and the role of state religion to the function of political institutions. This second edition also contains a new introduction and an updated bibliography...http://books.google.de/books/about/Rome_in_the_late_Republic.html?hl=de&id=0VtoAAAAMAAJ&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareRome in the late Republic