A companion to Greek democracy and the Roman republic / edited by Dean Hammer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wiley Online Library.

Class of 1953 Fund.

Hammer, Dean, 1959- editor.

Series:

Blackwell companions to the ancient world

Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--Politics and government--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

Politics and government.

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

Rome.

Greece--Economic conditions--To 146 B.C.

Economic conditions.

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

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (552 pages).

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Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic offers a comparative approach to examining ancient Greek and Roman participatory communities. It explores various aspects of participatory communities through pairs of chapters-one Greek, one Roman-to highlight comparisons between cultures. It examines the types of relationships that sustained participatory communities, the challenges they faced, and how they responded.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Reading the Past (On Comparison); References; Further Reading; Part I The Emergence of Participatory Communities; Chapter 2 Why Greek Democracy? Its Emergence and Nature in Context; 1 Introduction, Questions, Sources; 2 Foundations and Early Stages: The Eighth and Early Seventh Centuries; 3 From Civil Strife to Civic Integration: The Formalization of Institutions in the Late Seventh and Sixth Centuries; 4 Sparta's "Great Rhetra," the Sovereignty of the Dēmos, and the Restoration of Eunomia;

5 Solon's Reforms in Athens, the Restoration of Eunomia, and the Institutionalization of Civic Responsibility6 Isonomia and the Integration of the Athenian Polis in the Late Sixth Century; 7 Eunomia, Isonomia, and Democracy; 8 The Emergence of Fully Participatory Democracy in Mid-Fifth-Century Athens; 9 Participatory Democracy at Its Height; 10 Greek Democracy and Roman Republicanism: Elements of a Comparison; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3 Why Roman Republicanism? Its Emergence and Nature in Context; 1 Introduction and Sources;

2 Urbanization, State Formation and Aristocratic Clans, c.900-500 BCE3 Kingship in Rome; 4 Foundation of the Republic, c.509 BCE; 5 Developments in Roman Republicanism, c.500-300 BCE: A Response to Internal and External Pressures; 6 Nobilitas, Republicanism, and the Conquest of Italy and Sicily, c.300-241 BCE; 7 Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Part II Constructing a Past; Chapter 4 Autochthony and Identity in Greek Myth; 1 Introduction; 2 The Land; 3 The Sea; 4 Plato and the Construction of the Past; 5 Conclusion; References; Further Reading;

Chapter 5 Agriculture and Identity in Roman Myth1 Introduction; 2 Ideology and Agrarian Writing: The Scholarship; 3 The Cincinnatus Story and the Roman Meal; 4 The Context and Structure of the Cincinnatus Story; 5 Topography: Rus et Urbs; 6 Farming, Food Production, and Economics; 7 Farming, Authority, and Age; 8 How the Motifs and Values of Part I Affect the Interpretation of Part II; 9 The Roman Meal as an Expression of Roman Values; 10 Conclusion; Notes; References; Further Reading; Part III Dēmokratia and Res Publica;

Chapter 6 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in Greek Participatory Communities1 Authority in Greek Communities before State Formation; 2 The Authority of Statute Law in Archaic Greece; 3 Democratic Citizen Agency as a Performance of Freedom and Equality; 4 Freedom and the Autonomy of Greek States; 5 From Greece to Rome; References; Further Reading; Chapter 7 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in the Later Roman Republic; 1 Liberty; 2 Equality; 3 Authority; 4 Concluding Reflections; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading; Part IV Institutions; Chapter 8 The Congruence of Power: Ruling and Being Ruled in Greek Participatory Communities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Companion to Greek democracy and the Roman republic.

ISBN:

9781118878347

1118878345

9781118878187

1118878183

OCLC:

891400234

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.