Personal Enmity in Roman Politics : 218-43 BC

ISBN-13: 9781138780095 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 192 str.

David Epstein

Opis

'Personal Enmity in Roman Politics' explores how 'inimicitia' could arise and how it was often central in the formation of political factions. In particular, groups opposing such powerful figures as Pompey and Caesar might be united by nothing more than common hatred of the individual. An important feature too was the criminal trial, because of the highly personal nature of the Roman adversary system at the time: Epstein argues that personal factors were more important than political ones in the famous trials of the late Republic.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Roman Attitudes Towards Inimicitiae 3. The Causes of Inimicitiae 4. Manifestations of Inimicitiae 5. Inimiticitiae and the Courts 6. Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index