Public order in ancient Rome:

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 pre-m...

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Beteilige Person: Nippel, Wilfried 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 1995
Schriftenreihe:Key themes in ancient history
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511620324
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511620324
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511620324
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511620324
Zusammenfassung: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 pre-modern states: a specialised police force is a modern invention. In this critical study of the system of law and order in ancient Rome in both Republican and Imperial periods, Wilfried Nippel identifies the mechanisms of self-regulation which operated as a stabilising force within Roman society. This case-study of ancient Rome has a comparative dimension and will interest legal historians of other pre-modern societies as well as ancient historians, anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists
Beschreibung:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2009
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (IX, 163 S.)
ISBN:9780511620324
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511620324