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Title: Crime & Community in Ciceronian Rome

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Hardcover, 1999

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Language:        English

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Length:        249 Pages
Weight:        1 Pounds
Height:         9 Inches
Width:          6.3 Inches
Thickness:    0.8 Inches



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In the late Roman Republic, acts of wrongdoing against individuals were prosecuted in private courts, while the iudicia publica (literally "public courts") tried cases that involved harm to the community as a whole. In this book, Andrew M. Riggsby thoroughly investigates the types of cases heard by the public courts to offer a provocative new understanding of what has been described as "crime" in the Roman Republic and to illuminate the inherently political nature of the Roman public courts.
Through the lens of Cicero's forensic oratory, Riggsby examines the four major public offenses: ambitus (bribery of the electorate), de sicariis et veneficiis (murder), vis (riot), and repetundae (extortion by provincial administrators). He persuasively argues that each of these offenses involves a violation of the proper relations between the state and the people, as interpreted by orators and juries. He concludes that in the late Roman Republic the only crimes were political crimes.



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Crime & Community in Ciceronian Rome and it was written by Andrew M. Riggsby. This edition of Crime & Community in Ciceronian Rome is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is December 1999 and it has a suggested retail price of $25. There are 249 pages in the book and it was published by Univ of Texas Pr. The 10 digit ISBN is 0292770995 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780292770997. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.