| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 269 pages) : color illustrations |
| Series |
Impact of empire : Roman Empire, c. 200 B.C.-A.D. 476, 1572-0500 ; volume 37 |
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Impact of empire ; volume 37
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| Contents |
Archaic ideas on the concept of libertas / Carlos Amunátegui -- Libertas in early Latin authors / Catalina Balmaceda -- The god Liber and republican notions of libertas in the late Roman Republic / Valentina Arena -- The freedom of the Rhodians : Cato the Elder and Demosthenes / Harriet Flower -- Ex imperio libertas : freedom and republican empire / Clifford Ando -- The notion of res publica and its conflicting meanings at the end of the Roman Republic / Claudia Moatti -- The consulship under the triumvirs : a phantom office? / Francisco Pina Polo -- Arbitration in the res publica : a novel way of solving internal political conflicts in the 40s and 30s BC / Cristina Rosillo-López -- The auctoritas and libertas of Augustus : metamorphosis of the Roman res publica / Frédéric Hurlet -- A great and arduous struggle : Marcus Antonius and the rhetoric of libertas in 44-43 BC / Jeff Tatum -- Res publica, libertas and free speech in retrospect : republican oratory in Tacitus' Dialogus / Henriette van der Blom |
| Summary |
"Libertas and Res Publica in the Roman Republic offers some essential ideas for an understanding of Roman politics during the Republican period by analysing two key concepts: libertas (liberty) and res publica (public matter, republic). Exploring these concepts through a variety of different aspects - legal, religious, literary, political, and cultural - this book aims to explain the profound relationship between the two. Through the examination of a rich array of sources ranging from classical authors to coins, from legal texts to works of art, Balmaceda and her co-authors propose new readings that elucidate the complex meanings and inter-related functions of libertas and res publica , in a thought-provoking, deep, but very readable study of Roman political culture and identity"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 22, 2020) |
| Subject |
Liberty -- History
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Republicanism -- Rome -- History
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Political science -- Rome -- History
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Liberty
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Political science
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Politics and government
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Republicanism
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| SUBJECT |
Rome -- Politics and government -- 265-30 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115180
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| Subject |
Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Balmaceda, Catalina, 1970- editor.
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| LC no. |
2020034020 |
| ISBN |
9789004441699 |
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9004441697 |
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