Public office in early Rome : ritual procedure and political practice / Roberta Stewart.
1998
JC88 .S73 1998 (Mapit)
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Public office in early Rome : ritual procedure and political practice / Roberta Stewart.
Author
Stewart, Roberta, 1958-
ISBN
0472107852 (acid-free paper)
9780472107858 (acid-free paper)
9780472107858 (acid-free paper)
Publication Details
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1998.
Language
English
Description
255 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
JC88 .S73 1998
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.437/09014
Summary
Studies of Roman politics have traditionally emphasized individual personalities or groups of personalities and have explained political behavior in terms of contests for individual power or group power. By contrast, Roberta Stewart focuses on the religious institution of the allotment of duties among elected officials as a primary control on Roman politics. She examines in detail the procedure of allotment, the roles of popular election and allotment in defining public authority and duty, and the relationship between the Roman Senate and elected officials. Allotment is seen to reflect Republican ideology about the divine sanction of Roman leadership, military enterprise, and empire.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-236) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The ritually defined allotment
Parity of pairs: the reforms of 444 and 406 B.C.
Parity of individuals: the reforms of 367 B.C.
Comparatio: Patricians, Plebeians, and curule office in the fourth century
Praetores Minores: a definition of conquest
Bibliography
Index.
The ritually defined allotment
Parity of pairs: the reforms of 444 and 406 B.C.
Parity of individuals: the reforms of 367 B.C.
Comparatio: Patricians, Plebeians, and curule office in the fourth century
Praetores Minores: a definition of conquest
Bibliography
Index.