1st Edition

State, Society and Popular Leaders in Mid-Republican Rome 241-167 B.C.

By Rachel Feig Vishnia Copyright 1996
276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

State, Society, and Popular Leaders profiles the incorporation of the lower classes into the governing system of ancient Rome. In 287, the Hortensian law made the decisions of the plebs binding on the whole people. This event is often referred to as the great plebeian victory, a landmark in Roman history. In this original study, Rachel Feig Vishnia maintains that the real turning point in the... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Era of Caius Flaminius (214–218); Chapter 2 Rome and the Romans During the second Punic War (218–201); Chapter 3 Conquest and the Conqueror; Chapter 4 Epilogue;

Biography

Rachel Feig Vishnia