Reconstructing the Roman republic : an ancient political culture and modern research
The scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was democratic in nature, stressing the role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies. The author challenges this view, warning that this trend threatens to become an orthodoxy, and defending that the republic was a Roman, oligarchic and aristocratic political form.
Print Book, English, cop. 2010
Princeton University Press, Princeton, cop. 2010
xiv, 189 p. : il. ; 24 cm
9780691140384, 0691140383
912481575
From 'provocation' to 'discussion' : a plea for continuation
'Reality' versus 'system' : conventional conceptualizations of a 'constitution'
From 'system' to 'structure' : new questions about the social framework of politics
From 'structures' to 'concepts' : problems of (self-)conceptualization of an alien society
From 'concepts' to 'political culture' : the benefits of theory
Between 'aristocracy' and 'democracy' : beyond a dated dichotomy
Consensus and consent : necessary requirements of a competitive culture
Symbolic capital as social credit : locating the core of the consensus
An end of the beginning : a new ancient history and its topicality