LEADER 03288nam 22006612 450 001 9910450355103321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-12140-X 010 $a1-280-42992-5 010 $a0-511-17360-1 010 $a0-511-04670-7 010 $a0-511-15273-6 010 $a0-511-32503-7 010 $a0-511-48288-4 010 $a0-511-04114-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030830 035 $a(EBL)201702 035 $a(OCoLC)630527681 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000222751 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11175251 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222751 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10190740 035 $a(PQKB)10066848 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511482885 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201702 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201702 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10062298 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL42992 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030830 100 $a20090224d2001|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPlebs and politics in the late Roman Republic /$fHenrik Mouritsen$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2001. 215 $a1 online resource (vi, 164 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-04416-2 311 $a0-521-79100-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 152-161) and index. 327 $a1. Introduction: ideology and practice in Roman politics -- 2. The scale of late republican politics -- 3. The contio -- 4. Legislative assemblies -- 5. Elections -- 6. Plebs and politics -- Appendix. The 'Lex Licinia de sadalitatibus'. 330 $aPlebs and Politics in the Late Roman Republic analyses the political role of the masses in a profoundly aristocratic society. Constitutionally the populus Romanus wielded almost unlimited powers, controlling legislation and the election of officials, a fact which has inspired 'democratic' readings of the Roman republic. In this book a distinction is drawn between the formal powers of the Roman people and the practical realization of these powers. The question is approached from a quantitative as well as a qualitative perspective, asking how large these crowds were, and how their size affected their social composition. Building on those investigations, the different types of meetings and assemblies are analysed. The result is a picture of the place of the masses in the running of the Roman state, which challenges the 'democratic' interpretation, and presents a society riven by social conflicts and a widening gap between rich and poor. 517 3 $aPlebs & Politics in the Late Roman Republic 606 $aConstitutional history$zRome 606 $aPlebs (Rome)$xPolitical activity 607 $aRome$xPolitics and government$y265-30 B.C 615 0$aConstitutional history 615 0$aPlebs (Rome)$xPolitical activity. 676 $a320.937/09/014 700 $aMouritsen$b Henrik$0176731 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450355103321 996 $aPlebs and politics in the late Roman Republic$9907755 997 $aUNINA