Violence in Republican Rome - Couverture souple

Lintott, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198152825 ISBN 13 : 9780198152828

Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

Synopsis

This book examines the roots of violence in Roman Republican law and society and the growth of violence in city war and the power of armies. It discusses political conflict, violence, military insurrection, and authoritarian government of the Republic.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Why did the aristocracy of the Roman Republic destroy the system of government which was its basis? The answers given by ancient authorities are moral corruption and personal ambition. The modern student finds only too inevitable the causal nexus of political conflict, violence, military insurrection and authoritarian government. Yet before the era of intense violence Rome had an apparently stable constitution with a long history. In this revised edition of his classic book, for which he has written a new introduction, Andrew Lintott examines the roots of violence in Republican law and society and the growth of violence in city war and the power of armies. It suggests in conclusion that this disaster was more the outcome of folly in the choice of political means than depravity in the choice of ends.

Biographie de l'auteur

Andrew Lintott is at Worcester College, Oxford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, USA
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198152825
• ISBN 13: 9780198152828
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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