Consuls and res publica : holding high office in the Roman Republic / edited by Hans Beck ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beck, Hans, 1969-

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consuls, Roman--History.

Consuls, Roman.

Political culture--Rome--History.

Political culture.

History.

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.

Social classes--Rome--History.

Social classes.

Social status--Rome--History.

Social status.

Power (Social sciences)--Rome--History.

Power (Social sciences).

Rome--Social conditions--510-30 B.C.

Physical Description:

x, 376 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Summary:

"The consulate was the focal point of Roman politics. Both the ruling class and the ordinary citizens fixed their gaze on the republic's highest office--to be sure, from different perspectives and with differing expectations. While the former aspired to the consulate as the defining magistracy of their social status, the latter perceived it as the embodiment of the Roman state. Holding high office was thus not merely a political exercise. The consulate prefigured all aspects of public life, with consuls taking care of almost every aspect of the administration of the Roman state. This multifaceted character of the consulate invites a holistic investigation. The scope of this book is therefore not limited to political or constitutional questions. Instead, it investigates the predominant role of the consulate in, and its impact on, the political culture of the Roman republic"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Pt. 1. The creation of the consulship

The magistrates of the early Roman republic / Christopher Smith

The origin of the consulship in Cassius Dio's Roman history / Gianpaolo Urso

The development of the praetorship in the third century BC / Alexander Bergk

pt. 2. Powers and functions of the consulship

Consular power and the Roman constitution : the case of imperium reconsidered / Hans Beck

Consuls as curatores pacis deorum / Francisco Pina Polo

The feriae latinae as religious legitimation of the consuls' imperium / Francisco Marco Simón

War, wealth, and consuls / Nathan Rosenstein

pt. 3. Symbols, models, self-representation

The Roman republic as theatre of power : the consuls as leading actors / Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp

The consul(ar) as exemplum : Fabius Cunctator's paradoxical glory / Matthew Roller

The rise of the consular as a social type in the third and second centuries BC / Martin Jehne

Privata hospitia, beneficia publica? : consul(ar)s, local elite, and Roman rule in Italy / Michael Fronda

pt. 4. Ideology, confrontation, and the end of the republican consulship

Consular appeals to the army in 88 and 87 : the locus of legitimacy in late republican Rome / Robert Morstein-Marx

Consules populares / Antonio Duplá

The consulship of 78 BC : Catulus versus Lepidus : an optimates versus populares affair / Valentina Arena

Consulship and consuls under Augustus / Frédéric Hurlet.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

1107001544

9781107001541

OCLC:

711047821

Publisher Number:

99947529328