Libertas and Res Publica in the Roman Republic
Title | Libertas and Res Publica in the Roman Republic PDF eBook |
Author | Catalina Balmaceda |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2020-09-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004441697 |
Libertas and Res Publica examines two key concepts of Western political thinking: freedom and republic. Contributors address important new questions on the principles of, and essential connection between res publica and libertas in Roman thought and Republican history.
Consuls and Res Publica
Title | Consuls and Res Publica PDF eBook |
Author | Hans Beck |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 387 |
Release | 2011-09-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1139497197 |
The consulate was the focal point of Roman politics. Both the ruling class and the ordinary citizens fixed their gaze on the republic's highest office - to be sure, from different perspectives and with differing expectations. While the former aspired to the consulate as the defining magistracy of their social status, the latter perceived it as the embodiment of the Roman state. Holding high office was thus not merely a political exercise. The consulate prefigured all aspects of public life, with consuls taking care of almost every aspect of the administration of the Roman state. This multifaceted character of the consulate invites a holistic investigation. The scope of this book is therefore not limited to political or constitutional questions. Instead, it investigates the predominant role of the consulate in and its impact on, the political culture of the Roman republic.
Res Publica and the Roman Republic
Title | Res Publica and the Roman Republic PDF eBook |
Author | Louise Lovelace Hodgson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0198777388 |
'Res Publica and the Roman Republic' explores the political crisis at the end of the Roman Republic through the changing perceptions of the political sphere itself, the res publica. The volume seeks to show how the rhetoric surrounding the latter mirrors the changes in the Roman political landscape throughout this period.
Res Publica Constituta
Title | Res Publica Constituta PDF eBook |
Author | Carsten Hjort Lange |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2009-05-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9047428463 |
The years surrounding the decisive battle of Actium in 31 BC, and the various measures undertaken by the victor Augustus to create and legitimate a new system of government in Rome are among the most discussed aspects of Roman history. This book re-evaluates Augustus' rise to power, first as triumvir along with Antonius and Lepidus, and then as sole ruler, focusing particularly on the part played by propaganda and ideological claims. Augustus is shown to have acknowledged the Actium war as a civil as well as an external war, and the commemorations of the battle at the site and in Rome are re-assessed, along with the role ascribed to Apollo in the victory. The celebrated settlement of 28-27 BC is shown to have constituted the accomplishment of the triumviral assignment.
The Materiality of Res Publica
Title | The Materiality of Res Publica PDF eBook |
Author | Dominique Colas |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2009-05-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1443810789 |
For the last 100 years, political science has traditionally concentrated on the publica part of the expression res publica, conceiving this notion as a form of government opposed to, say, monarchy. However, the Ancients and citizens of Renaissance republics were just as attentive to the res part of the expression. The goal of this richly illustrated volume—containing 94 images—is to draw attention to this res, things and affairs that bring people together. The book first focuses on the central role played by the Rialto Bridge in Venice and by the main bridge in Novgorod the Great in the lives of the respective republics. It includes studies of res in other res publicae: an analysis of the republican icon of a woman crowned with ramparts found in three European cities; and a detailed study of iconography figuring Hobbes’ theory of res publica.
Introduction to Public Law
Title | Introduction to Public Law PDF eBook |
Author | Elisabeth Zoller |
Publisher | Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2008-06-30 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9047440471 |
Introduction to Public Law is a historical and comparative introduction to public law. The book traces back the origins of the res publica to Roman law and analyzes the course of its development, first during the monarchical age in continental Europe and England, and then during the republican age that began at the end of the eighteenth century with the democratic revolutions in the United States and France. For each period and country, the book analyzes the major concepts of public law and their transformations: sovereignty, the state, the statute, the separation of powers, the public interest, and administrative justice.
Res Publica
Title | Res Publica PDF eBook |
Author | Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Publisher | Bristol Classical Press |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Gathers together extracts from Cicero's works in which he discusses the Roman state (res publica). Grouped into eight thematic chapters, this title enables the student to examine the evidence and draw his or her own conclusions from the material presented.