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The Resource Libertas and the practice of politics in the late Roman Republic, Valentina Arena

Libertas and the practice of politics in the late Roman Republic, Valentina Arena

Label
Libertas and the practice of politics in the late Roman Republic
Title
Libertas and the practice of politics in the late Roman Republic
Statement of responsibility
Valentina Arena
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"This is a comprehensive analysis of the idea of libertas and its conflicting uses in the political struggles of the late Roman Republic. By reconstructing Roman political thinking about liberty against the background of Classical and Hellenistic thought, it excavates two distinct intellectual traditions on the means allowing for the preservation and the loss of libertas. Considering the interplay of these traditions in the political debates of the first century BC, Dr Arena offers a significant reinterpretation of the political struggles of the time as well as a radical reappraisal of the role played by the idea of liberty in the practice of politics. She argues that, as a result of its uses in rhetorical debates, libertas underwent a form of conceptual change at the end of the Republic and came to legitimize a new course of politics, which led progressively to the transformation of the whole political system"--
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Provided by publisher
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Arena, Valentina
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Liberty
  • Political science
  • Rome
  • Rome
Label
Libertas and the practice of politics in the late Roman Republic, Valentina Arena
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-311) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. Roman libertas -- 2. The citizens' political liberty -- 3. The liberty of the commonwealth -- 4. The political struggle in the first century BC -- 5. Political response and the need for legitimacy -- Epilogue
Control code
798059423
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
ix, 324 pages
Isbn
9781107028173
Lccn
2012023184
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40022060052
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)798059423
Label
Libertas and the practice of politics in the late Roman Republic, Valentina Arena
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-311) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. Roman libertas -- 2. The citizens' political liberty -- 3. The liberty of the commonwealth -- 4. The political struggle in the first century BC -- 5. Political response and the need for legitimacy -- Epilogue
Control code
798059423
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
ix, 324 pages
Isbn
9781107028173
Lccn
2012023184
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40022060052
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)798059423

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