Examining how public political discourse influenced the distribution of power between the Senate and people in the Late Roman Republic (133-42 BC), this work analyzes comprehensively the "ideology" of Republican mass oratory. Robert Morstein-Marx analyzes it within the institutional, historical and physical contexts of the public meetings in which these speeches were heard. Morstein-Marx emphasizes the perpetual negotiation and reproduction of power through communication.
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Review of the hardback: 'This study makes a serious contribution to the continuing debate on the nature of Roman politics ... This is a book for scholars and teachers ... there is much valuable information and insight in the book ... CUP exhibits its customary impeccable standard of production.' The Journal of Classics Teaching
Review of the hardback: '... the Companion has its real high points: the best chapters are individual master-classes in working with evidence and concepts.' Times Literary Supplement
Review of the hardback: 'Morstein-Marx has written an excellent book, notable for the depth both of its scholarship and of its thought. It should be read not only by all students of the late Republic or of Roman oratory, but also of ancient politics and political theory more generally.' BMCR
Review of the hardback: '... an excellent study on late Republican politics as well as a work that offers plenty of new and stimulating insights into Roman rhetoric. Not only should specialists of ancient history and classicists in general refer to this book, but it will surely also appeal to anyone interested in the history of rhetoric.' Rhetorical Review
Review of the hardback: 'After decades of relative neglect the Roman contio has now become the focus of an intense debate about the people's role in Republican politics. This new study by Morstein-Marx represents the fullest and most ambitious treatment of the institution so far. It is a provocative and stimulating work which offers important new insights into the nature of Roman politics. The scholarship is impressive and the analysis often profound.' Journal of Roman Studies
Review of the hardback: '... the Companion has its real high points: the best chapters are individual master-classes in working with evidence and concepts.' Times Literary Supplement
Review of the hardback: 'Morstein-Marx has written an excellent book, notable for the depth both of its scholarship and of its thought. It should be read not only by all students of the late Republic or of Roman oratory, but also of ancient politics and political theory more generally.' BMCR
Review of the hardback: '... an excellent study on late Republican politics as well as a work that offers plenty of new and stimulating insights into Roman rhetoric. Not only should specialists of ancient history and classicists in general refer to this book, but it will surely also appeal to anyone interested in the history of rhetoric.' Rhetorical Review
Review of the hardback: 'After decades of relative neglect the Roman contio has now become the focus of an intense debate about the people's role in Republican politics. This new study by Morstein-Marx represents the fullest and most ambitious treatment of the institution so far. It is a provocative and stimulating work which offers important new insights into the nature of Roman politics. The scholarship is impressive and the analysis often profound.' Journal of Roman Studies
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This book examines how public, political discourse shaped the distribution of power between the Senate and People in the Late Roman Republic (133 42 BC). It is the first work to analyze comprehensively the 'ideology' of Republican mass oratory and to situate it fully within the institutional, historical and physical contexts of the public meetings in which these speeches were heard. Against the background of the current debate between 'oligarchical' and 'democratic' interpretations of Republican politics, Professor Morstein-Marx emphasizes the perpetual negotiation and reproduction of power through communication. CBlurb This book examines how public, political discourse shaped the distribution of power between Senate and People in the Late Roman Republic. The 'ideology' of Republican mass oratory is analyzed comprehensively and situated fully within the institutional, historical and physical contexts of the public meetings in which these speeches were heard.
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At around sundown on January 18, 52 BC, the battered corpse of the popular hero P. Clodius Pulcher, murdered earlier that day on the Appian Way on the orders of T. Annius Milo, was carried through the Porta Capena into Rome, borne on the litter of a senator who had passed by the scene of the crime and, after giving instructions for the conveyance of the body, prudently retraced his steps. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contional speech, final contio, contional crowds, first contio, eloquentia popularis, mass oratory, senatorial meeting, agrarian distribution, senatorial leadership, agrarian bill, urban plebs, principes civitatis, agrarian proposal, élite speakers, tribunician veto, senatorial speeches, second oration, lege agraria, civic knowledge, centuriate assembly, senatorial decree, voting day, legislative vote, presiding magistrate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shackleton Bailey, Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Julius Caesar, Temple of Concordia, Will of the People, Gains Gracchus, Third Catilinarian, Bona Dea, Mark Antony, Scipio Aemilianus, Struggle of the Orders, Circus Flaminius, Aemilius Paullus, Basilica Aemilia, Fourth Philippic, Munatius Plancus, Roman Statutes, Scipio Nasica, Second Punic War, Valerius Maximus, Asia Minor, Cie Leg, Pompeius Rufus, Scipio Africanus New!
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At around sundown on January 18, 52 BC, the battered corpse of the popular hero P. Clodius Pulcher, murdered earlier that day on the Appian Way on the orders of T. Annius Milo, was carried through the Porta Capena into Rome, borne on the litter of a senator who had passed by the scene of the crime and, after giving instructions for the conveyance of the body, prudently retraced his steps. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contional speech, final contio, contional crowds, first contio, eloquentia popularis, mass oratory, senatorial meeting, agrarian distribution, senatorial leadership, agrarian bill, urban plebs, principes civitatis, agrarian proposal, élite speakers, tribunician veto, senatorial speeches, second oration, lege agraria, civic knowledge, centuriate assembly, senatorial decree, voting day, legislative vote, presiding magistrate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shackleton Bailey, Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Julius Caesar, Temple of Concordia, Will of the People, Gains Gracchus, Third Catilinarian, Bona Dea, Mark Antony, Scipio Aemilianus, Struggle of the Orders, Circus Flaminius, Aemilius Paullus, Basilica Aemilia, Fourth Philippic, Munatius Plancus, Roman Statutes, Scipio Nasica, Second Punic War, Valerius Maximus, Asia Minor, Cie Leg, Pompeius Rufus, Scipio Africanus New!
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- The Roman Republic (Sutton Pocket Histories) by Andrew Lintott in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Roman Republican Coinage (in two volumes) by Michael H. Crawford in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Origins of Roman Historical Commemoration in the Visual Arts by Peter J. Holliday in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- On the Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero on page 222, and page 223
- The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme on page 3, and Back Matter
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- A Companion to the Roman Republic (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) by Nathan Rosenstein in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- A Companion to Roman Rhetoric (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) by William Dominik in Back Matter
- Classical Rhetorics and Rhetoricians: Critical Studies and Sources by Michelle Ballif in Back Matter
- Poverty in the Roman World by Margaret Atkins in Back Matter
- Roman Manliness: "Virtus" and the Roman Republic by Myles McDonnell in Back Matter
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