Public Office in Early Rome Ritual Procedure and Political Practice

Name: Public Office in Early Rome Ritual Procedure and Political Practice
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ISBN: 9780472107858

ISBN-10: 0472107852

ISBN-13: 9780472107858

Edition: N/A

Authors: Roberta Stewart

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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 being 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…

Book details

List price: $80.00
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 1/15/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



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


General Index


Index of Sources