In recent decades, scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was essentially democratic in nature, stressing the central role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies. Karl-J. Holkeskamp challenges this view in Reconstructing the Roman Republic, warning that this scholarly trend threatens to become the new orthodoxy, and defending the position that the republic was in fact a uniquely Roman, dominantly oligarchic and aristocratic political form.
Holkeskamp offers a comprehensive, in-depth survey of the modern debate surrounding the Roman...
In recent decades, scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was essentially democratic in nature, stressing the central rol...
