Bücher von Henrik (King's College London) Mouritsen

A very readable introduction to Roman Republican politics which takes a distinctive and original approach while exploring much-contested issues concerning political rituals, popular participation, and the role of ideology. It will be important for all students and scholars of Roman history and of politics in general.

The first comprehensive study of Roman freedmen and women in over a century, covering all major aspects of the subject. These include manumission practices, legal status, the patronus-libertus relationship, freedmen's place in public life and the self-representation of freedmen and women through epigraphic and literary sources.

This book deals with popular political participation in republican Rome and contributes to an ongoing debate about the role of the people in the running of the Roman state. It approaches the issue from a practical perspective, looking at the way political meetings and assemblies functioned.