Public Order in Ancient Rome (Key Themes in Ancient History) (Volume 0) - Softcover

Nippel, Wilfried

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9780521387491: Public Order in Ancient Rome (Key Themes in Ancient History) (Volume 0)
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ISBN 10: 0521387493 ISBN 13: 9780521387491
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

The absence of a professional police force in the city of Rome in classical times is often identified as a major cause of the collapse of the Republic. But this alleged "structural weakness" was not removed by the Emperor Augustus and his successors, and was in fact shared with other premodern states. In this critical new study of the system of law and order in ancient Rome in both the republican and imperial periods, Wilfried Nippel identifies the mechanisms of self-regulation that operated as a stabilizing force within Roman society.

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In this critical new study of the system of law and order in ancient Rome in both Republican and Imperial periods, Wilfried Nippel identifies the mechanisms of self-regulation which operated as a stabilizing force within Roman society. This case-study of ancient Rome has a comparative dimension and will interest legal historians of other pre-modern societies as well as ancient historians, anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521387493
ISBN 13 
9780521387491
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
176
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