Ethnic Identity and Aristocratic Competition in Republican RomeThe ancient Romans are usually thought of as a monolithic ethnic group, though in fact they formed a self consciously pluralistic society. In this book, Gary D. Farney explores how senators from Rome's Republican period celebrated and manipulated their ethnic identity to get ahead in Rome's political culture. He examines how politicians from these lands tried to advertise positive aspects of their ethnic identity, how others tried to re create a