The absence of a professional police force in the city of Rome in classical times is often identified as a major cause of the collapse of the Republic. But this alleged "structural weakness" was not removed by the Emperor Augustus and his successors, and was in fact shared with other premodern states. In this critical new study of the system of law and order in ancient Rome in both the republican and imperial periods, Wilfried Nippel identifies the mechanisms of self-regulation that operated as a stabilizing force within Roman society.
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"Nippel's attention to the ritualized structures of political life and the precedents for political action creates a multi-faceted commentary on politics....dense in historical detail and rich in the historical perspectives that form the basis of the argument." New England Classical Journal
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"Professor MacCormack had done a superb job of exhausting the sources and establishing his case for his thesis that aspects of Confucianism he emphasizes has a profound influence on the codes....His book is a great step forward for the field....this is an illuminating book." The American Journal of Legal History
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"Professor MacCormack had done a superb job of exhausting the sources and establishing his case for his thesis that aspects of Confucianism he emphasizes has a profound influence on the codes....His book is a great step forward for the field....this is an illuminating book." The American Journal of Legal History
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Often identified as a major cause of the Republic's collapse, the absence of a professional police force in classical Rome was in fact a characteristic shared with other premodern states. The mechanisms of self-regulation that operated as a stabilizing force are examined in this study.
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In the political order of Republican Rome, the higher magistrates, because of their overall responsibility for the res publica, had at their disposal means of enforcement that were only to a limited extent available to the magistrates specifically entrusted with particular police duties. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
posthumous sanctions, tresviri capitales, regimen morum, plebs urbana, praefectus vigilum, senatus consultum ultimum, higher magistrates, minor magistrates, urban cohorts, illegal associations, city prefect, urban plebs, circus factions, popular justice, public slaves, late republic, public games, corn supply, maintaining public order Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dio Cass, Middle Republic, Scipio Nasica, Gaius Gracchus, Late Republican, Struggle of the Orders, Early Republic, Tiberius Gracchus, Senate House, Scipio Aemilianus, Ste Croix, Roman Republic, Septimius Severus, Tarpeian Rock, Via Appia New!
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In the political order of Republican Rome, the higher magistrates, because of their overall responsibility for the res publica, had at their disposal means of enforcement that were only to a limited extent available to the magistrates specifically entrusted with particular police duties. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
posthumous sanctions, tresviri capitales, regimen morum, plebs urbana, praefectus vigilum, senatus consultum ultimum, higher magistrates, minor magistrates, urban cohorts, illegal associations, city prefect, urban plebs, circus factions, popular justice, public slaves, late republic, public games, corn supply, maintaining public order Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dio Cass, Middle Republic, Scipio Nasica, Gaius Gracchus, Late Republican, Struggle of the Orders, Early Republic, Tiberius Gracchus, Senate House, Scipio Aemilianus, Ste Croix, Roman Republic, Septimius Severus, Tarpeian Rock, Via Appia New!
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- Violence in Republican Rome by Andrew Lintott in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Roman Republic (Sutton Pocket Histories) by Andrew Lintott in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Corn Supply of Ancient Rome (Oxford University Press academic monograph reprints) by Geoffrey Rickman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ancient Rome: City Planning and Administration by O. F. Robinson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Policing Athens by Virginia J. Hunter in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Patrician Tribune: Publius Clodius Pulcher (Studies in the History of Greece and Rome) by W. Jeffrey Tatum on 7 pages
- The Augustan Succession: An Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio's Roman History Books 55-56 (9 B.C.-A.D. 14) (American Classical Studies) by Peter Michael Swan on page 79, page 169, and page 180
- Aspects of Roman History AD 14-117 by Richard Alston in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome by Donald G. Kyle on page 30, and Back Matter
- Aspects of Roman History AD 14-117 by Richard Alston in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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