Public Order in Ancient Rome (Hardcover)

Wilfried Nippel

ISBN 10: 0521383277 / ISBN 13: 9780521383271

Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995

Hardcover. 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 new 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. A 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, and considers the issue of absence of a professional police force in the city of Rome, before and after the collapse of the Republic. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780521383271

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This is a critical study of the system of law and order in ancient Rome in both Republican and Imperial periods.

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Titolo: Public Order in Ancient Rome (Hardcover)
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Data di pubblicazione: 1995
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: new