Libertas and Res Publica in the Roman Republic

Ideas of Freedom and Roman Politics
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-44129-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 37, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

Reihe: Impact of Empire

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Balmaceda, Catalina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Catalina Balmaceda

1 Archaic Ideas on the Concept of Libertas

Carlos Amunátegui

2 Libertas in Early Latin Authors

Catalina Balmaceda

3 The God Liber and Republican Notions of Libertas in the Late Roman Republic

Valentina Arena

4 The Freedom of the Rhodians: Cato the Elder and Demosthenes

Harriet Flower

5 Ex Imperio Libertas: Freedom and Republican Empire

Clifford Ando

6 The Notion of Res Publica and Its Conflicting Meanings at the End of the Roman Republic

Claudia Moatti

7 The Consulship under the Triumvirs: a Phantom Office?

Francisco Pina Polo

8 Arbitration in the Res Publica: a Novel Way of Solving Internal Political Conflicts in the 40s and 30s BC

Cristina Rosillo-López

9 The Auctoritas and Libertas of Augustus: Metamorphosis of the Roman res publica

Frédéric Hurlet

10 A Great and Arduous Struggle: Marcus Antonius and the Rhetoric of Libertas in 44–43 BC

Jeff Tatum

11 Res Publica, Libertas and Free Speech in Retrosp

Über Autor(innen)

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