The constitution of the Roman Republic | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:"Knowledge of Rome's political institutions is essential both for ancient historians and for those who study the contribution of Rome to the republican tradition of political thought from the Middle Ages to the revolutions inspired by the Enlightenment. This book represents the first major work in English to study the constitution of the Roman Republic in all its complexity."--Jacket

Print Book, English, 1999

Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford [England], 1999

Genre:Early works

Physical Description:xi, 297 pages ; 23 cm

ISBN:

9780198150688, 9780199261086, 0198150687, 0199261083

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:39706770

Contents:

I. Introduction ; II. A Roman Political Year ; III. Polybius and the Constitution ; IV. The Story of the Origin of the Constitution ; V. The Assemblies ; VI. The Senate ; VII. The Higher Magistrates and the Pro-Magistrates ; VIII. Tribunes, Aediles, and Minor Magistrates ; IX. Criminal Justice ; X. The Influence of Society and Religion ; XI. The Balance of the Constitution ; XII. The Mixed Constitution and Republican Ideology ; XIII. The Republic Remembered