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The Laws of the Roman People: Public Law in the Expansion and Decline of the Roman Republic
Callie Williamson
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For hundreds of years, the Roman people produced laws in popular assemblies attended by tens of thousands of voters to publicly forge resolutions to issues that might otherwise have been unmanageable. Callie Williamson's book,The Law of the Roman People, finds that the key to Rome's survival and growth during the most formative period of empire, roughly 350 to 44 B.C.E., lies in its hitherto enigmatic public lawmaking assemblies which helped extend Roman influence and control. Williamson bases her rigorous and innovative work on the entire body of surviving laws preserved in ancient reports of proposed and enacted legislation from these public assemblies.
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Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Dedication
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Preface
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Contents
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List of Tables
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List of Maps
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Abbreviations
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PART ONE: PATTERNS AND PROCESS
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CHAPTER ONE: Public Law in Rome
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CHAPTER TWO: Presentation: Oratory and Law Drafts
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CHAPTER THREE: Legitimization: Participants and Procedures
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PART TWO: THE EXPANSION OF ROME
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CHAPTER FOUR: The Conquest of Italy
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CHAPTER FIVE: Incorporation: Citizenship and Military Service
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CHAPTER SIX: Convergence: The City of Rome
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PART THREE: THE DECLINE OF THE REPUBLIC
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CHAPTER SEVEN: A Roman Balance
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CHAPTER EIGHT: Crisis and Restoration, 91–70
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CHAPTER NINE: The Demise of Public Law, 69–44
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Epilogue
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APPENDIX A: Assembling and Processing Evidence
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APPENDIX B: Representativeness of Compilation
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APPENDIX C: List of Reliable Laws and Proposals by Year, Latin Name, and Subject, 350–25 BCE
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Cited Works and Select Bibliography
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Index
Citable Link
Published: 2005
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- 978-0-472-11053-7 (hardcover)
- 978-0-472-02542-8 (ebook)
- 978-0-472-03661-5 (paper)