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- Murder Was Not a Crime: Homicide and Power in the Roman Republic
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- 2009
- Published by: University of Texas Press
- Series: Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture
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This pathfinding study looks at how homicide was treated in Roman law from the Roman monarchy through the dictatorship of Sulla (ca. 753–79 BC) to show how criminal law can reveal important aspects of the nature and evolution of political power.
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- pp. ix-xiv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvii-xx
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- One. Killing and the King
- pp. 9-22
- Six. License to Kill
- pp. 109-125
- Bibliography
- pp. 181-190
Additional Information
ISBN
9780292795136
Related ISBN(s)
9780292721111
MARC Record
OCLC
859674700
Pages
214
Launched on MUSE
2012-11-02
Language
English
Open Access
No
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