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Libertas and the practice of politics in the late Roman Republic /

"This is a comprehensive analysis of the idea of libertas and its conflicting uses in the political struggles of the late Roman Republic. By reconstructing Roman political thinking about liberty against the background of Classical and Hellenistic thought, it excavates two distinct intellectual...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arena, Valentina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Roman libertas; Chapter 2 The citizens' political liberty; Chapter 3 The liberty of the commonwealth; The liberty of the commonwealth: the 'optimate' tradition; The liberty of the commonwealth: the 'popularis' tradition; Chapter 4 The political struggle in the first century bc; The imperia extraordinaria; The so-called 'senatus consultum ultimum'; Agrarian distributions; Chapter 5 Political response and the need for legitimacy; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index locorum; General index.