Author: Frank E. AdcockPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472060887
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Studies Roman politics from the early kings, through the Republic, to the age of dictatorships
Roman Political Ideas and Practice
Author: Frank E. AdcockPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472060887
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Studies Roman politics from the early kings, through the Republic, to the age of dictatorships
The Birth of Politics
Author: Melissa LanePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691173095
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
"First published in the United Kingdom as: Greek and Roman political ideas: a Pelican introduction, by the Penquin Group, Penguin Books ... London"--T.p. verso.
Roman Political Thought
Author: Jed W. AtkinsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107107008
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
A thematic introduction to Roman political thought that shows the Romans' enduring contribution to key political ideas.
A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic
Author: Valentina ArenaPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444339656
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
An insightful and original exploration of Roman Republic politics In A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic, editors Valentina Arena and Jonathan Prag deliver an incisive and original collection of forty contributions from leading academics representing various intellectual and academic traditions. The collected works represent some of the best scholarship in recent decades and adopt a variety of approaches, each of which confronts major problems in the field and contributes to ongoing research. The book represents a new, updated, and comprehensive view of the political world of Republican Rome and some of the included essays are available in English for the first time. Divided into six parts, the discussions consider the institutionalized loci, political actors, and values, rituals, and discourse that characterized Republican Rome. The Companion also offers several case studies and sections on the history of the interpretation of political life in the Roman Republic. Key features include: A thorough introduction to the Roman political world as seen through the wider lenses of Roman political culture Comprehensive explorations of the fundamental components of Roman political culture, including ideas and values, civic and religious rituals, myths, and communicative strategies Practical discussions of Roman Republic institutions, both with reference to their formal rules and prescriptions, and as patterns of social organization In depth examinations of the 'afterlife' of the Roman Republic, both in ancient authors and in early modern and modern times Perfect for students of all levels of the ancient world, A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic will also earn a place in the libraries of scholars and students of politics, political history, and the history of ideas.
Libertas and the Practice of Politics in the Late Roman Republic
Author: Valentina ArenaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139620169
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This is a comprehensive analysis of the idea of libertas and its conflicting uses in the political struggles of the late Roman Republic. By reconstructing Roman political thinking about liberty against the background of Classical and Hellenistic thought, it excavates two distinct intellectual traditions on the means allowing for the preservation and the loss of libertas. Considering the interplay of these traditions in the political debates of the first century BC, Dr Arena offers a significant reinterpretation of the political struggles of the time as well as a radical reappraisal of the role played by the idea of liberty in the practice of politics. She argues that, as a result of its uses in rhetorical debates, libertas underwent a form of conceptual change at the end of the Republic and came to legitimise a new course of politics, which led progressively to the transformation of the whole political system.
A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought
Author: Ryan K. BalotPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118556682
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
A COMPANION TO GREEK AND ROMAN POLITICAL THOUGHT Justice, virtue, and citizenship were at the center of political life in ancient Greece and Rome and were frequently discussed by classical poets, historians, and philosophers. This Companion illuminates Greek and Roman political thought in all its range, diversity, and depth. Thirty-four essays from leading scholars in history, classics, philosophy, and political science provide stimulating discussions of classical political thought, ranging from the Archaic Greek epics to the final days of the Roman Empire and beyond. These essays strike a judicious yet thought-provoking balance between theoretical and historical perspectives. A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought is an authoritative guide to the ancient Greek and Roman political questions that continue to shape and challenge the modern world.
Roman Political Ideas and Practice
Author: Frank Ezra AdcockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Crisis and Constitutionalism
Author: Benjamin StraumannPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019995092X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The crisis and fall of the Roman Republic spawned a tradition of political thought that sought to evade the Republic's fate--despotism. Thinkers from Cicero to Bodin, Montesquieu, and the American Founders saw constitutionalism, not virtue, as the remedy. This study traces Roman constitutional thought from antiquity to the Revolutionary Era.
Livy's Political Philosophy
Author: Ann VasalyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316240525
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
This volume explores the political implications of the first five books of Livy's celebrated history of Rome, challenging the common perception of the author as an apolitical moralist. Ann Vasaly argues that Livy intended to convey through the narration of particular events crucial lessons about the interaction of power and personality, including the personality of the Roman people as a whole. These lessons demonstrate the means by which the Roman republic flourished in the distant past and by which it might be revived in Livy's own corrupt time. Written at the precise moment when Augustus' imperial autocracy was replacing the republican system that had existed in Rome for almost 500 years, the stories of the first pentad offer invaluable insight into how republics and monarchies work. Vasaly's innovative study furthers the integration in recent scholarship of the literary brilliance of Livy's text and the seriousness of its purpose.
Cicero's Ideal Statesman in Theory and Practice
Author: Jonathan ZareckiPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 178093470X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
The resurgence of interest in Cicero's political philosophy in the last twenty years demands a re-evaluation of Cicero's ideal statesman and its relationship not only to Cicero's political theory but also to his practical politics. Jonathan Zarecki proposes three original arguments: firstly, that by the publication of his De Republica in 51 BC Cicero accepted that some sort of return to monarchy was inevitable. Secondly, that Cicero created his model of the ideal statesman as part of an attempt to reconcile the mixed constitution of Rome's past with his belief in the inevitable return of sole-person rule. Thirdly, that the ideal statesman was the primary construct against which Cicero viewed the political and military activities of Pompey, Caesar and Antony, and himself.