Restraint, Conflict, and the Fall of the Roman Republic

Restraint, Conflict, and the Fall of the Roman Republic proposes a new explanation for the collapse of the Roman Republic, arguing that the collapse was due not to lost morals, but instead to disintegration of consensus around how to apply them.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part I: Values, Terms, and Patterns


• Chapter One: Shame, Respect, and Deference


• Chapter Two: Moderatio, Modestia, and Temperantia


• Chapter Three: Setting Norms


• Part II: Restraint, Conflict, and Collapse


• Chapter Four: Tiberius Gracchus


• Chapter Five: Uncertainty


• Chapter Six: Cataclysm


• Chapter Seven: The Lost Generation of the Republic


• Chapter Eight: Restraint as Accelerator


• Epilogue


• Bibliography

About the author

Paul Belonick is Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of California Hastings Law School.

Summary

Restraint, Conflict, and the Fall of the Roman Republic proposes a new explanation for the collapse of the Roman Republic, arguing that the collapse was due not to lost morals, but instead to disintegration of consensus around how to apply them.

Additional text

well-written book.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Belonick, Paul (Assistant Professor of Practice Belonick
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.2023
• EAN: 9780197662663
• ISBN: 978-0-19-766266-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; HISTORY / Ancient / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LAW / Legal History, Political science & theory, Legal History, Ancient History, Political science and theory, Ancient history: to c 500 CE