Political Conversations in Late Republican Rome

This book analyses senatorial political conversations and illuminates the oral aspects of Roman politics; it offers a new perspective of Roman politics through the proxy of conversations and meetings.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: A Wider Definition of Politics and Political Participation


• 2: Sources for Political Conversations in Late-Republican Rome


• 3: Face-to-Face Meetings


• 4: How to Have Conversations


• 5: Dynamics of Conversations


• 6: Oral Circulation of Information


• 7: The Role of Non-Senatorial Actors in Conversations and Meetings


• 8: The Senate from an Extra-Institutional Point of View


• 9: Conclusions


• Appendix: Prosopography of Non-Senatorial Actors

About the author

Cristina Rosillo-López is Associate Professor at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Seville. She specializes in Late Republican political practices, institutions, corruption, public opinion, rhetoric, and the real estate market in Ancient Rome. Her previous books include Public Opinion in the Late Roman Republic (2017) and the edited volumes Communicating Public Opinion in the Roman Republic (2019), Managing Information in the Roman Economy (2021) and The Real Estate Market in the Roman World (forthcoming, with M. García Morcillo).

Summary

This book analyses senatorial political conversations and illuminates the oral aspects of Roman politics; it offers a new perspective of Roman politics through the proxy of conversations and meetings.

Additional text

Political Conversations is an excellently written study which represents a significant step toward a broader understanding of Roman civil society.

Product details

• Authors: Rosillo Lopez , Cristina Rosillo Lopez, Cristina (Associate Professor Rosillo Lopez, Cristina (Associate Professor Rosillo-Lopez, Cristina Rosillo-López
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780192856265
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285626-5
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory