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A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic
Dean Hammer (Edited by), D Hammer (Author)
9781444336016, Wiley
Hardback, published 31 October 2014
560 pages
25.3 x 18.2 x 3.3 cm, 1.002 kg
"The contributions are consistently readable and often inspiring...also comprehensively and carefully documented..." Sehepunkte
A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic offers a comparative approach to examining ancient Greek and Roman participatory communities.
Notes on Contributors ix Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 1 Reading the Past (On Comparison) 8 Part I The Emergence of Participatory Communities 21 2 Why Greek Democracy? Its Emergence and Nature in Context 23 3 Why Roman Republicanism? Its Emergence and Nature in Context 44 Part II Constructing a Past 65 4 Autochthony and Identity in Greek Myth 67 5 Agriculture and Identity in Roman Myth 83 Part III Dēmokratia and Res Publica 99 6 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in Greek Participatory Communities 101 7 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in the Later Roman Republic 113 Part IV Institutions 129 8 The Congruence of Power: Ruling and Being Ruled in Greek Participatory Communities 131 9 The Incongruence of Power: The Roman Constitution in Theory and Practice 146 Part V Law 165 10 Tyranny or the Rule of Law? Democratic Participation in Legal Institutions in Athens 167 11 The Evolution of Law and Legal Procedures in the Roman Participatory Context 179 Part VI Social Values 193 12 Informal Norms, Values, and Social Control in Greek Participatory Communities 195 13 Informal Norms, Values, and Social Control in the Roman Participatory Context 217 Part VII Power Relations and Political Groups 239 14 The Practice of Politics in Classical Athens, and the Paradox of Democratic Leadership 241 15 The Practice of Politics and the Unpredictable Dynamics of Clout in the Roman Republic 257 Part VIII Rhetoric 275 16 Persuading the People in Greek Participatory Communities 277 17 Persuading the People in the Roman Participatory Context 294 Part IX Global Contexts 311 18 Interstate Relations, Colonization, and Empire among Greek Participatory Communities 313 19 Interstate Relations, Federal States, Colonization, and Empire during the Roman Republic 329 Part X Economic Life 347 20 Production, Trade, and Consumption in Greek Democracy 349 21 Production, Trade, and Consumption in the Roman Republic 368 Part XI Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion 387 22 Women and Slaves in Greek Democracy 389 23 Women and Slaves in the Roman Republic 405 Part XII Entertainment 429 24 Tragedy and Comedy in Greek Participatory Communities 431 25 Tragedy and Comedy in the Roman Participatory Context 446 Part XIII Visual Culture 459 26 Art, Architecture, and Spaces in Greek Participatory Communities 461 27 Art, Architecture, and Space in the Roman Participatory Context 482 Part XIV Conclusion 501 28 Thinking Comparatively about Participatory Communities 503 Index 521
Dean Hammer
David Konstan
Kurt A. Raaflaub
Michael P. Fronda
Kathryn A. Morgan
Mary Jaeger
Vincent Farenga
Malcolm Schofield
P.J. Rhodes
Henrik Mouritsen
David Cohen
Callie Williamson
Nick Fisher
Valentina Arena
Robert W. Wallace
W. Jeffrey Tatum
Joseph Roisman
Robert Morstein-Marx
Sarah Bolmarcich
Craige B. Champion
David W. Tandy
Luuk de Ligt
Ryan K. Balot and Larissa M. Atkison
Roberta Stewart
Keith Sidwell
Shawn O’Bryhim
Tonio Hölscher
Ellen Perry
Dean Hammer
Subject Areas: History [HB]
