This book deals with popular political participation in republican Rome. It contributes to an ongoing debate about the role of the people in the running of the Roman state, asking whether they had any real say or had been marginalized by the elite. It approaches the issue from a practical perspective, looking at the way political meetings and assemblies functioned and at the crowds that took part. The book thus puts the current discussion about Roman "democracy" on a new footing, and places it in a social context.
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"This book offers a fresh review of the evidence regarding the voting power of the populus Romanus in legislative and elective assemblies...this book will most benefit those with a backgroud in republican politics...this is an important book and makes a vital contribution to the on-going debate about the nature of politics in late republican Rome...What makes this book especially appealing is that M. touches upon many issues currently under debate by historians while keeping in sight his purpose of determining the extent to which the common people excerised it prerogative to vote." BMCR 2001
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This book deals with popular political participation in republican Rome. It contributes to an ongoing debate about the role of the people in the running of the Roman state, asking whether they had any real say or had been marginalised by the elite. It approaches the issue from a practical perspective, looking at the way political meetings and assemblies functioned and at the crowds which took part. The book thus puts the current discussion about Roman 'democracy' on a new footing, and places it in a social context.
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After years of relative neglect the role of the people in Roman politics now attracts considerable interest among ancient historians. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
plebs contionalis, clientela model, legislative comitia, praerogativa centuria, aedilician election, late republican politics, rural tribesmen, independent freedmen, urban plebs, comitia centuriata, concilium plebis, political crowd, consular election, comitia tributa, electoral bribery, popular mobilisation, voting area, electoral campaigning, elective assemblies, written ballot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scipio Aemilianus, Lex Gabinia, Cisalpine Gaul, Cato Min, Livius Drusus, Pina Polo, Rodriguez Almeida, Social War, Campus Martius, Forma Urbis, Forum Romanum, Pro Plancio, Shackleton Bailey New!
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After years of relative neglect the role of the people in Roman politics now attracts considerable interest among ancient historians. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
plebs contionalis, clientela model, legislative comitia, praerogativa centuria, aedilician election, late republican politics, rural tribesmen, independent freedmen, urban plebs, comitia centuriata, concilium plebis, political crowd, consular election, comitia tributa, electoral bribery, popular mobilisation, voting area, electoral campaigning, elective assemblies, written ballot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scipio Aemilianus, Lex Gabinia, Cisalpine Gaul, Cato Min, Livius Drusus, Pina Polo, Rodriguez Almeida, Social War, Campus Martius, Forma Urbis, Forum Romanum, Pro Plancio, Shackleton Bailey New!
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- Patronage in Ancient Society (Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society, V. 1) by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Scipio Aemilianus by a E Astin on page 97, and Back Matter
- The Calendar of the Roman Republic by Agnes Kirsopp Michels in Back Matter
- The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme in Back Matter
- Politics in the Ancient World (Wiles Lectures) by M. I. Finley in Back Matter
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- Caesar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Companion to Roman Rhetoric (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) by William Dominik in Back Matter
- Poverty in the Roman World by Margaret Atkins in Back Matter
- Mass Oratory and Political Power in the Late Roman Republic by Robert Morstein-Marx in Back Matter
- Studies in Ancient Greek and Roman Society (Past and Present Publications) by Robin Osborne on page 6
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