Libertas and the Practice of Politics in the Late Roman Republic

New study of the conflicting uses of libertas in the political struggles of the late Roman Republic. By reconstructing Roman political thought and reviewing the debates over specific policies, it shows the causal relation between the idea of libertas and the practice of politics of the late Republic.

List of contents

1. Roman libertas; 2. The citizens' political liberty; 3. The liberty of the commonwealth; 4. The political struggle in the first century BC; 5. Political response and the need for legitimacy; Epilogue.

About the author

Valentina Arena is Lecturer in Roman History at University College London. Her work focuses mainly on two interlinked lines of investigation: the study of Roman oratory and rhetorical techniques and the analysis of Roman political thought and its relationship with the practice of politics. On both areas and the relationship with one another she has written a series of studies, culminating in this, her first book. She is currently working on the notion of popular sovereignty (as part of an AHRC-funded project) and is part of the Academic Board of the ERC-funded project to write a new, updated edition of the Fragmentary Orators of the Roman Republic (Malcovati's first edition). She is also a member of the editorial board of Tulliana and has advised the BBC and other broadcasters on television programmes and documentaries on ancient Rome.

Product details

• Authors: Valentina Arena, Valentina (University College London) Arena, Arena Valentina
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781108958301
• ISBN: 978-1-108-95830-1
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 500 g
• Illustrations: 5 b/w illus., Raster,schwarz-weiss, Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; History of Ideas, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Social & political philosophy, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory