{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-political-culture-of-the-roman-republic-hardback-9781444339659","title":"A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic (Hardback) 9781444339659","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eValentina Arena (Edited by), V Arena (Author), Jonathan R. W. Prag (Edited by), Andrew Stiles (Associate editor)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781444339659, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 February 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e624 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.1 x 4 cm, 1.304 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insightful and original exploration of Roman Republic politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic,\u003c\/i\u003e editors Valentina Arena and Jonathan Prag deliver an incisive and original collection of forty contributions from leading academics representing various intellectual and academic traditions. The collected works represent some of the best scholarship in recent decades and adopt a variety of approaches, each of which confronts major problems in the field and contributes to ongoing research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book represents a new, updated, and comprehensive view of the political world of Republican Rome and some of the included essays are available in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDivided into six parts, the discussions consider the institutionalized loci, political actors, and values, rituals, and discourse that characterized Republican Rome. \u003ci\u003eThe Companion\u003c\/i\u003e also offers several case studies and sections on the history of the interpretation of political life in the Roman Republic. Key features include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA thorough introduction to the Roman political world as seen through the wider lenses of Roman political culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive explorations of the fundamental components of Roman political culture, including ideas and values, civic and religious rituals, myths, and communicative strategies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePractical discussions of Roman Republic institutions, both with reference to their formal rules and prescriptions, and as patterns of social organization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn depth examinations of the 'afterlife' of the Roman Republic, both in ancient authors and in early modern and modern times\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfect for students of all levels of the ancient world,\u003ci\u003e A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic\u003c\/i\u003e will also earn a place in the libraries of scholars and students of politics, political history, and the history of ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Editors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eValentina Arena and Jonathan Prag\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Political Culture: Career of a Concept 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl-J. Hölkeskamp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Modern Reading 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Machiavelli's Roman Republic 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRyan K. Balot and Nathaniel K. Gilmore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Roman Republic and the English Republic 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRachel Foxley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Liberty, Rights and Virtue: The Roman Republic in Eighteenth-Century France 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Hamel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Roman Revolution: Classical Republicanism in the Creation of the American Republic 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEran Shalev\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Theodor Mommsen's History of Rome and Its Political and Intellectual Context 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStefan Rebenich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Political Culture of the Republic since Syme's The Roman Revolution: A Story of a Debate 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander Yakobson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Ancient Interpreters 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Polybius and Roman Political Culture 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChiara Carsana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Cicero: In and Above the Republic's Political Culture 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Nicgorski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Sallust 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Alison Rosenblitt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Augustan Republics: Livy, Dionysius of Halicarnassus and the Politics of the Past 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Gallia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Plutarch's Evaluation of Roman Politics and Political Figures 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Appian, Cassius Dio and the Roman Republic 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Rich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Institutionalised Loci 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Census 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuido Clemente\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Senate 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarianne Coudry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Roman Political Assemblies 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Cornell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Armies and Political Culture 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNathan Rosenstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Imperator and Politician: The Consul as the Highest Magistrate of the Republic 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancisco Pina Polo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Tribunate of the Plebs: Between Compromise and Revolution 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy Russell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Priests 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJörg Rüpke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Other Magistrates, Officials and Apparitores 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eE.J. Kondratieff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Political Actors 303\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Civis 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrea Raggi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Romans, Latins and Allies 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward Bispham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Peregrini\/Nationes Exterae: Foreigners and the Political Culture of the Roman Republic 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Pilar Eberle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Republican Elites: Patricians, Nobiles, Senators and Equestrians 347\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHans Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Matronae and Politics in Republican Rome 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancesca Rohr Vio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 On Freedom and Citizenship: Freedmen as Agents and Metaphors of Roman Political Culture 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePedro López Barja de Quiroga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Values, Rituals and Political Discourse 387\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Roman Republican Political Culture: Values and Ideology 391\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Morstein-Marx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 From Patronage to Violence and Bribery: Towards a New Political Culture 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntonio Duplá-Ansuategui\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 The Political Culture of the Plebs 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerry Toner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 The Law and the Courts in Roman Political Culture 433\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean-Michel David\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Rhetoric and Roman Political Culture 446\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Steel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Religion and Rituals in Republican Rome 455\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancisco Marco Simón\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Myth and Theatre 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUwe Walter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Imagery and Space 484\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter J. Holliday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Politics in Action - Case Studies 505\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 The Political Culture of Rome in 218 - 212 bce 509\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernhard Linke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Roman Political Culture in 169 bce 524\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn A. North\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 133 bce: Politics in a Time of Challenge and Crisis 537\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Lea Beness and Tom Hillard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 88 bce 555\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. 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