In this Book
- The Laws of the Roman People: Public Law in the Expansion and Decline of the Roman Republic
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Michigan Press
summary
For hundreds of years, the Roman people produced laws in popular assemblies attended by tens of thousands of voters to forge resolutions publicly to issues that might otherwise have been unmanageable. Callie Williamson's comprehensive study finds that the key to Rome's survival and growth during the most formative period of empire, roughly 350 to 44 B.C.E., lies in its hitherto enigmatic public law-making assemblies, which helped extend Roman influence and control. Williamson bases her rigorous and innovative work on the entire body of surviving laws preserved in ancient reports of proposed and enacted legislation from these public assemblies.
Table of Contents
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- List of Tables
- pp. xxiii-xxiv
- List of Maps
- p. xxv
- Abbreviations
- pp. xxvii-xxviii
- Part One: Patterns and Process
- 1. Public Law in Rome
- pp. 3-61
- Part Two: The Expansion of Rome
- 4. The Conquest of Italy
- pp. 131-190
- 6. Convergence: The City of Rome
- pp. 239-282
- Part Three: The Decline of the Republic
- 7. A Roman Balance
- pp. 285-323
- 8. Crisis and Restoration, 91–70
- pp. 324-366
- 9. The Demise of Public Law, 69–44
- pp. 367-414
- Cited Works and Select Bibliography
- pp. 475-493
Additional Information
ISBN
9780472025428
Related ISBN(s)
9780472036615, 9780472110537
MARC Record
OCLC
613205843
Pages
534
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No