The laws of the Roman people : public law in the expansion and decline of the Roman republic / Callie Williamson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williamson, Callie.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public law (Roman law).

Rome--Politics and government.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Politics and government.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 506 pages) : maps

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

For hundreds of years, the Roman people produced laws in popular assemblies attended by tens of thousands of voters to publicly forge resolutions to issues that might otherwise have been unmanageable. Callie Williamson's comprehensive study finds that the key to Rome's survival and growth during the most formative period of empire, roughly 350-44 BCE, lies in its hitherto enigmatic public lawmaking assemblies which helped extend Roman influence and control. Williamson bases her rigorous and innovative work on the entire body of surviving laws preserved in ancient reports of proposed and enacted legislation from these public assemblies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Patterns and Process 1

Chapter 1 Public Law in Rome 3

Chapter 2 Presentation: Oratory and Law Drafts 62

Chapter 3 Legitimization: Participants and Procedures 100

Part 2 The Expansion of Rome 120

Chapter 4 The Conquest of Italy 131

Chapter 5 Incorporation: Citizenship and Military Service 191

Chapter 6 Convergence: The City of Rome 239

Part 3 The Decline of the Republic 283

Chapter 7 A Roman Balance 285

Chapter 8 Crisis and Restoration, 91-70 324

Chapter 9 The Demise of Public Law, 69-44 367.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-493) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472025428

Publisher Number:

10.3998/mpub.15992

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.