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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 2894953
TI  - Plebs and politics in the late Roman Republic
PY  - 2001
SN  - 0521791006 0521044162 110712140X 0511173601 0511046707 0511152736 0511325037 0511482884 1280429925 0511041144 9780511041143 9780511482885 9780511046704 9780521791007 9781280429927 9780511173608 9780511152733 9780511325038 9780521044165
PB  - Cambridge Cambridge University Press
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - Plebs (Rome)
KW  - Political activity.
KW  - Rome
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - -Plebs (Rome)
KW  - -Rome
KW  - -Commons (Social order)
KW  - Estates (Social orders)
KW  - Patron and client
KW  - Proletariat
KW  - Constitutional history, Modern
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Constitutions
KW  - History
KW  - Political activity
KW  - -History
KW  - Constitutional history, Ancient
KW  - Histoire constitutionnelle ancienne
KW  - Plèbe
KW  - Histoire constitutionnelle
KW  - Activité politique
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - Commons (Social order)
KW  - Arts and Humanities
KW  - Plèbe (Rome)
KW  - Constitutional history - Rome.
KW  - Plebs (Rome) - Political activity.
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2894953
AB  - Plebs 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.
ER  -