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Consuls and Res Publica:

Holding High Office in the Roman Republic (Google eBook)
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Hans Beck
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Cambridge University Press, Sep 8, 2011 - Political Science - 376 pages
"The consulate was the focal point of Roman politics. Both the ruling class and the ordinary citizens fixed their gaze on the republic's highest office--to be sure, from different perspectives and with differing expectations. While the former aspired to the consulate as the defining magistracy of their social status, the latter perceived it as the embodiment of the Roman state. Holding high office was thus not merely a political exercise. The consulate prefigured all aspects of public life, with consuls taking care of almost every aspect of the administration of the Roman state. This multifaceted character of the consulate invites a holistic investigation. The scope of this book is therefore not limited to political or constitutional questions. Instead, it investigates the predominant role of the consulate in, and its impact on, the political culture of the Roman republic"--
  

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Contents

some introductory remarks on the Roman consulate
1
PART I The creation of the consulship
17
PART II Powers and functions of the consulship
75
PART III Symbols models selfrepresentation
159
PART IV Ideology confrontation and the end of the republican consulship
257

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About the author (2011)

Hans Beck is John MacNaughton Chair of Classics in the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University. His publications include Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century BC (2008) with John Buckler.

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