Violence in Republican Rome

Why did the aristocracy of the Roman Republic destroy the system of government which was its basis? The answers given by ancient authorities are moral corruption and personal ambition. The modern student finds only too inevitable the causal nexus of political conflict, violence, military insurrection and authoritarian government. Yet before the era of intense violence Rome had an apparently stable constitution with a long history. In this revised edition of his classic book, for which he has written a new introduction, Andrew Lintott examines the roots of violence in Republican law and society and the growth of violence in city war and the power of armies. It suggests in conclusion that this disaster was more the outcome of folly in the choice of political means than depravity in the choice of ends.

ISBN 0198152825   Pages 268 ISBN13 9780198152828 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 324 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780198142676 Publication date 16 Sep 1999   Height (mm) 216 Non-book description xxvii, 240 p. ;   Width (mm) 138 Library of Congress 2001278025   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 303.60937   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Abbreviations
		Introduction to the Second Edition
		Introduction
I		Popular Justice		6
II		Violence and the Law		22
III		Cruelty		35
IV		The Morality of Political Violence		52
V		The Nature and Techniques of Violence		89
VI		The Gangs		74
VII		Control of Violence by the Executive		89
VIII		Legislation against Violence		107
IX		Legal Remedies for Private Violence		125
X		The Annulment of Laws Passed by Violence		132
XI		States of Emergency		149
XII		The Violence of the Late Republic		175
		Conclusion		204
App. A		Acts of Violence in Rome		209
App. B		Accusations de vi		217
		Additional Note		221
		Bibliography		222
		Supplementary Bibliography		227
		Index A: Persons		233
		Index B: Laws		237
		Index C: Topics and Technical Terms		238

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