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Public opinion and politics in the late Roman republic /
This book investigates the working mechanisms of public opinion in Late Republican Rome as a part of informal politics. It explores the political interaction (and sometimes opposition) between the elite and the people through various means, such as rumours, gossip, political literature, popular vers...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover ; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Map; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Public Opinion in Rome: Definition, Models and Constraints; 1.1 How Public Opinion Was Expressed and Understood in the Late Roman Republic; 1.2 Public Opinion and the Debate on the Political Nature of the Late Roman Republic; 1.3 Public Opinion and Informal Politics; 1.4 Theoretical Considerations and Models of Public Opinion; 1.5 Censorship and Public Opinion during the Late Roman Republic; 1.5.1 Legal Constraints: Censuring Writings and Speech.
- 1.5.2 Censorship in Practice before 49 BCChapter 2 Sociability and Politics; 2.1 The Physical Background of Public Opinion: Walking and Promenading as a Political Tool; 2.2 Locations and Occasions of Sociability and Public Opinion in Rome; 2.2.1 The Forum and Its Surroundings; 2.2.2 Outside the Forum: Compita, Streets, and Neighbourhoods; 2.2.3 Houses; Chapter 3 Rumours, Gossip and Conversations in Roman Political Life; 3.1 Rumours and Politics in Rome; 3.2 Circulation of Rumours Outside Rome; 3.3 Rumours, Gossip and Social Discipline.
- Chapter 4 Political Literature and Public Opinion (I): Defining Political Literature4.1 Authorship; 4.2 Audience and Literacy; 4.3 Distribution and Circulation; Chapter 5 Political Literature and Public Opinion (II): Genres of Political Literature; 5.1 Satura, Verse, Popular Verse; 5.2 Political Literature in Prose; 5.2.1 Pamphlets or Tracts; 5.2.2 Open Letters; 5.2.3 Memoirs and Historical Writings; 5.2.4 Graffiti and Placards; Chapter 6 Groups and Agents of Public Opinion; 6.1 Groups of Public Opinion; 6.2 Leaders and Movers of Public Opinion; 6.3 Disseminators of News and Public Opinion.
- 6.4 Misreading Public Opinion: The Case of Caesar's MurderChapter 7 Rhetoric and Public Opinion: Theory and Practice; 7.1 How to Deal with the Audience according to Latin Rhetoricians; 7.2 The Orator before Public Opinion; 7.3 Public Opinion in Practice in the Courts of Justice; 7.3.1 The Speeches against Verres; 7.3.2 Pro Cluentio; 7.3.3 Pro Rabirio Postumo; Chapter 8 Conclusions; 8.1 Public Opinion and the Public Sphere in the Late Roman Republic; 8.2 Public Opinion in the Early Principate; Bibliography; Index of People; Subject Index.