Public Opinion and Politics in the Late Roman Republic

ISBN-13: 9781107145078 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 280 str.

Cristina Rosillo-Lopez

Opis

This book investigates the working mechanisms of public opinion in the politics of Late Republican Rome.

Spis treści

1. Public opinion in Rome: definition, models and constraints; 2. Sociability and politics; 3. Rumours, gossips and conversations in Roman political life; 4. Political literature and public opinion (I): defining political literature; 5. Political literature and public opinion (II): genres of political literature; 6. Groups and agents of public opinion; 7. Rhetoric and public opinion: theory and practice; 8. Conclusions.