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Cover: 9780292770997 | Crime and Community in Ciceronian Rome | Andrew M. Riggsby | Buch
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Crime and Community in Ciceronian Rome
Taschenbuch von Andrew M. Riggsby
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
In the late Roman Republic, acts of wrongdoing against individuals were prosecuted in private courts, while the iudicia publica (literally "public courts") tried cases that involved harm to the community as a whole. In this book, Andrew M. Riggsby thoroughly investigates the types of cases heard by the public courts to offer a provocative new understanding of what has been described as "crime" in the Roman Republic and to illuminate the inherently political nature of the Roman public courts.

Through the lens of Cicero's forensic oratory, Riggsby examines the four major public offenses: ambitus (bribery of the electorate), de sicariis et veneficiis (murder), vis (riot), and repetundae (extortion by provincial administrators). He persuasively argues that each of these offenses involves a violation of the proper relations between the state and the people, as interpreted by orators and juries. He concludes that in the late Roman Republic the only crimes were political crimes.
In the late Roman Republic, acts of wrongdoing against individuals were prosecuted in private courts, while the iudicia publica (literally "public courts") tried cases that involved harm to the community as a whole. In this book, Andrew M. Riggsby thoroughly investigates the types of cases heard by the public courts to offer a provocative new understanding of what has been described as "crime" in the Roman Republic and to illuminate the inherently political nature of the Roman public courts.

Through the lens of Cicero's forensic oratory, Riggsby examines the four major public offenses: ambitus (bribery of the electorate), de sicariis et veneficiis (murder), vis (riot), and repetundae (extortion by provincial administrators). He persuasively argues that each of these offenses involves a violation of the proper relations between the state and the people, as interpreted by orators and juries. He concludes that in the late Roman Republic the only crimes were political crimes.
Über den Autor
Andrew M. Riggsby is Lucy Shoe Meritt Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. What Can We Know and How Can We Know It?
  • Chapter 2. Ambitus and the Varieties of Economy
  • Chapter 3. Murder (and How to Spot It)
  • Chapter 4. Vis: A Plague on the State
  • Chapter 5. Criminals Abroad
  • Chapter 6. The Iudicia Publica in Roman State and Society
  • Appendixes:
    • A. Summary of Cicero's Criminal Cases
    • B. Published vs. Delivered Speeches
    • C. Some Nontrials
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • General Index
  • Index Locorum
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780292770997
ISBN-10: 0292770995
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Riggsby, Andrew M.
Hersteller: University of Texas Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew M. Riggsby
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.1999
Gewicht: 0,44 kg
Artikel-ID: 106718050
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