State, Society and Popular Leaders in Mid-Republican Rome 241-167 B.C. - Softcover

Feig Vishnia, Rachel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415620163 ISBN 13: 9780415620161

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

State, Society, and Popular Leaders profiles the incorporation of the lower classes into the governing system of ancient Rome. In 287, the Hortensian law made the decisions of the plebs binding on the whole people. This event is often referred to as the great plebeian victory, a landmark in Roman history. In this original study, Rachel Feig Vishnia maintains that the real turning point in the relations between the plebs and the patricians can be found eighty years earlier. Based on the works of Livy and most recent scholarships, this book provides a new and controversial view of one of the most exciting periods in Roman history.

About this title

About the Author:

Rachel Feig Vishnia is a Lecturer in Ancient History at Tel-Aviv University.

Review:

..."the arguments in State, Society, and Popular Leaders are based on a reasoned and critical use of Livy...Feig has good command of the sources and of Roman prosopography...I found in this study some compelling insights into particular historical problems. I recommend [the book] to anyone with an interest in the political culture of MId-Republican Rome.."
-" Bryn Mawr Classical Review 8.8(1997)

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0415620163
• ISBN 13: 9780415620161
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280