Clientelae, international relations and imperialism in the expansion of the Roman Republic. Some remarks concerning «Friendship and Empire. Roman Diplomacy and Imperialism in the Middle Republic (353-146 BC)» of Paul J. Burton

Abstract

The boom of the theories of international relations in classical studies can be verified by the publication of Burton’s Friendship and Empire. Roman Diplomacy and Imperialism in the Middle Republic (353-146 BC). In the present paper we highlight its key points and discuss some of its problems concerning classical sources and its criticism to the realist theory.El auge de las teorías de relaciones internacionales en el marco de los estudios antiguos se puede constatar en la publicación del trabajo de Burton Friendship and Empire. Roman Diplomacy and Imperialism in the Middle Republic (353-146 BC). De él destacamos sus principales tesis y comentamos algunos problemas que presenta en el tratamiento de las fuentes clásicas y las críticas al modelo Realista