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.

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.

A comprehensive account of Athenian democracy as a subject of criticism, admiration and scholarly debate for 2,500 years.

Band 1 der dreibandigen "Ausgewahlten Schriften" gibt in 15 Aufsatzen einen reprasentativen Querschnitt durch Momiglianos Arbeiten zur antiken Historiographie, zu den Anfangen Roms, zur Spatantike und zu den Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Politik- und Ideengeschichte.

Der dritte Band der Auswahl aus Momiglianos "Contributi" vereinigt 22 Aufsatze zur modernen Historiographie der antiken Welt aus einem Zeitraum von funfeinhalb Jahrzehnten. Zwei Drittel der ausgewahlten Texte wurden nach 1970 verfasst und spiegeln vor allem die Interessen und Problemstellungen der letzten Jahre des groen Historikers wider.