Libertas and Res Publica in the Roman Republic

Ideas of Freedom and Roman Politics
Herausgeber: Balmaceda, Catalina

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Libertas and Res Publica in the Roman Republic offers some essential ideas for an understanding of Roman politics during the Republican period by analysing two key concepts: libertas (liberty) and res publica (public matter, republic). Exploring these concepts through a variety of different aspects - legal, religious, literary, political, and cultural - this book aims to explain the profound relationship between the two. Through the examination of a rich array of sources ranging from classical authors to coins, from legal texts to works of art, Balmaceda and her co-authors propose new readings that elucidate the complex meanings and inter-related functions of libertas and res publica, in a thought-provoking, deep, but very readable study of Roman political culture and identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 158mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 529g
• ISBN-13: 9789004441293
• ISBN-10: 9004441298
• Artikelnr.: 59953627

Autorenporträt

Catalina Balmaceda (D.Phil. Oxford, 2005) is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She has published many articles on Roman historiography, and more recently Virtus Romana: Politics and Morality in the Roman Historians (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). Contributors are: Carlos Amunátegui, Clifford Ando, Valentina Arena, Catalina Balmaceda, Henriette van der Blom, Harriet Flower, Frédéric Hurlet, Claudia Moatti, Francisco Pina Polo, Cristina Rosillo-López, Jeff Tatum