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Plebs and politics in the late Roman Republic / Henrik Mouritsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mouritsen, Henrik, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional history--Rome.
- Constitutional history.
- Plebs (Rome)--Political activity.
- Plebs (Rome).
- Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 164 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- <I>Plebs</I> & Politics in the Late Roman Republic
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Plebs and Politics in the Late Roman Republic analyses the political role of the masses in a profoundly aristocratic society. Constitutionally the populus Romanus wielded almost unlimited powers, controlling legislation and the election of officials, a fact which has inspired 'democratic' readings of the Roman republic. In this book a distinction is drawn between the formal powers of the Roman people and the practical realization of these powers. The question is approached from a quantitative as well as a qualitative perspective, asking how large these crowds were, and how their size affected their social composition. Building on those investigations, the different types of meetings and assemblies are analysed. The result is a picture of the place of the masses in the running of the Roman state, which challenges the 'democratic' interpretation, and presents a society riven by social conflicts and a widening gap between rich and poor.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: ideology and practice in Roman politics
- 2. The scale of late republican politics
- 3. The contio
- 4. Legislative assemblies
- 5. Elections
- 6. Plebs and politics
- Appendix. The 'Lex Licinia de sadalitatibus'.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-161) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-12140-X
- 1-280-42992-5
- 0-511-17360-1
- 0-511-04670-7
- 0-511-15273-6
- 0-511-32503-7
- 0-511-48288-4
- 0-511-04114-4
- OCLC:
- 630527681
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