The Roman Republic and Political Culture

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-009-51510-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 759 g

Reihe: Classical Scholarship in Translation

This volume makes available in English translation for the first time a series of hugely influential articles about Roman Republican politics which were all originally published in German. They represent a school of thought that has long been in dialogue with Anglophone research but has not always been accessible to all English-speakers, leaving many listening to only one side of a conversation. The contributions were part of a movement towards viewing Roman Republican politics more holistically, through the lens of political culture. They move beyond cataloguing institutions to treat art, literature, ritual, oratory, and public space as vital components of political life. Three new essays by Amy Russell, Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp, and Harriet Flower discuss the history of German scholarship on the Republic and its interactions with Anglophone research, and new introductions to each piece by Hans Beck allow readers to situate the work in its intellectual context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Russell, Amy

Beck, Hans

Weitere Mitwirkende

Lüddecke, Kathrin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Original Essays: 1. Translating Roman Republican political culture Amy Russell; 2. Politics and power in the Roman Republic: then and now, in Old Europe and the Brave New Anglophone World Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp; 3. Perspectives from Germany Harriet Flower; Part II. Translations: 4. Benevolence and freedom: nstitutionalising the relations between upper and lower classes in the Roman Republic Martin Jehne; 5. Capitol, comitium and forum: public spaces, sacred topography and landscapes of memory Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp; 6. Face to face with the ancestors: political monuments and public memory in Republican Rome Tonio Hölscher; 7. Rituals of integration in the Roman Republic: on the integrative force of the popular assemblies Martin Jehne; 8. The message of the medium: historiography's potential to create meaning in the context of Roman history culture during the Republic Uwe Walter; 9. The memoria of the gentes as the backbone of collective memory in Republican Rome Wolfgang Blösel; 10. The ritual grammar of institutionalised politics Egon Flaig; 11. Aristocratic roles and the crisis of the Roman Republic Hans Beck; 12. Monuments and consensus: the precarious equilibrium of merit and power Tonio Hölscher; 13. Publicity or participation? The role of the contiones in the middle and late Roman Republic Claudia Tiersch.

Über Autor(innen)

Beck, Hans
HANS BECK is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Münster and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Arts at McGill University Montreal. He has published widely on ancient history, and co-edits the series Antiquity in Global Context (Cambridge). He has received the German Humboldt Foundation's Anneliese Maier Research Prize.

Russell, Amy
AMY RUSSELL is Associate Professor of Classics and Associate Professor of History at Brown University. Her monograph The Politics of Public Space in Republican Rome (2016) was awarded the Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit from the Society for Classical Studies, and in 2018 she won the Philip Leverhulme Prize.