Roman Political Culture
Roman Political Culture
Seven Studies of the Senate and City Councils of Italy from the First to the Sixth Century AD
Tacoma, Laurens E.
Oxford University Press
03/2020
334
Dura
Inglês
9780198850809
15 a 20 dias
636
List of Tables
0: Introduction
1. The End of Politics
2. Beyond Politics
3. The Hole at the Centre
4. The Concept of Political Culture
5. Researching Roman Political Culture
6. Seven Major Characteristics
1: Debating Space
1. The View from Heaven
2. Divus Claudius
3. Undeifying Claudius
4. 'To See Everyone in Toga'
5. Claudius the Stranger
6. Debating Debates
2: The Constraints of Patronage
1. Beyond Democracy
2. The Programmata
3. The Rules of the Game
4. The Supporters
5. The Candidates
6. Inscribing Competition
3: Making Fun of Elections
1. Election Jokes
2. Canvassing in Pliny
3. Locating the Present in the Ciceronian Past
4. Voting, Past and Present
5. The Emperor in the Curia
6. Texts with a Straight Face
4: Shouting Down the Dead
1. Speaking in Capitals
2. Claiming Authenticity
3. Commodus the Madman
4. Battle Stories
5. Acclaiming Anomy
6. The Dynamics of Damnatio
5: The Economy of Favours
1. Constantine's Rescript to Hispellum
2. Petition and Response
3. Defining the City
4. Urban Hierarchies
5. Social Expectations
6: Draining Resources
1. Draining the Pontine Marshes
2. Cassiodorus' Variae
3. Cassiodorus and Theoderic
4. Senate and Ruler
5. The Inscriptions from the Via Appia
6. Change and Transformation
7: Scripting Politics
1. A Council Meeting in Reate
2. Documentary Practices
3. The Dynamics of Wealth
4. Elite Formation
5. Participatory Ritual
6. The End of Roman Political Culture
8: Conclusion
1. Intersections
2. Tracking Change
3. Outer Boundaries
4. Pervasiveness
5. Alternative Discourses
6. Explaining Institutional Longevity
Endmatter
Bibliography
Index of Sources
1. Literary
2. Epigraphical
3. Papyrological
4. Legal
Index of Subjects
List of Tables
0: Introduction
1. The End of Politics
2. Beyond Politics
3. The Hole at the Centre
4. The Concept of Political Culture
5. Researching Roman Political Culture
6. Seven Major Characteristics
1: Debating Space
1. The View from Heaven
2. Divus Claudius
3. Undeifying Claudius
4. 'To See Everyone in Toga'
5. Claudius the Stranger
6. Debating Debates
2: The Constraints of Patronage
1. Beyond Democracy
2. The Programmata
3. The Rules of the Game
4. The Supporters
5. The Candidates
6. Inscribing Competition
3: Making Fun of Elections
1. Election Jokes
2. Canvassing in Pliny
3. Locating the Present in the Ciceronian Past
4. Voting, Past and Present
5. The Emperor in the Curia
6. Texts with a Straight Face
4: Shouting Down the Dead
1. Speaking in Capitals
2. Claiming Authenticity
3. Commodus the Madman
4. Battle Stories
5. Acclaiming Anomy
6. The Dynamics of Damnatio
5: The Economy of Favours
1. Constantine's Rescript to Hispellum
2. Petition and Response
3. Defining the City
4. Urban Hierarchies
5. Social Expectations
6: Draining Resources
1. Draining the Pontine Marshes
2. Cassiodorus' Variae
3. Cassiodorus and Theoderic
4. Senate and Ruler
5. The Inscriptions from the Via Appia
6. Change and Transformation
7: Scripting Politics
1. A Council Meeting in Reate
2. Documentary Practices
3. The Dynamics of Wealth
4. Elite Formation
5. Participatory Ritual
6. The End of Roman Political Culture
8: Conclusion
1. Intersections
2. Tracking Change
3. Outer Boundaries
4. Pervasiveness
5. Alternative Discourses
6. Explaining Institutional Longevity
Endmatter
Bibliography
Index of Sources
1. Literary
2. Epigraphical
3. Papyrological
4. Legal
Index of Subjects