Catherine Tracy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3874628 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Tracy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Tracy |
| SIGNATURE | TRACY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bishop's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Contio
The contio (plural: contiones ) could be civil or military. The civil contio was a non‐voting public meeting convened, during the republic, usually by a consul or tribune of the plebs, and, during the imperial period, usually by the emperor. Republican contiones were often held in connection with elections or criminal trials. They were a means of imparting news to the assembled crowd, and of testing the popularity of the speaker and his stance. T…
The Host’s Dilemma
The Homeric hospitality system depicts extraordinary risk and trust. Although ethnographic comparisons with similar systems in contemporary non-industrialized societies lend some credence to these exchanges, some aspects appear implausible. Recent advances in game theory, which mathematically represents systems of cooperation, suggest that self-interested strangers (as are many of the characters depicted in Homeric hospitality scenes) can plausib…
A Written Republic
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 191 Il s’achève par une conclusion provisoire : « Once the contemporary reader recognizes the relevance of the lives of these non-Roman commanders to the political turmoil of the last generations of the Roman Republic, the power of Nepos’ invention of serial political biography can be both deeply felt and widely applied » (229). Reste à cerner l’identité de ces lecteurs et la nature de leur mise en pratique des leçons …
Contio
Contio (plural contiones ) was an officially convened public meeting without voting power. By association, the word also referred to the speeches delivered at such meetings. The word was originally conventio (from cum + venire ; spelled coventio in the senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus from 186 BCE ) and meant “coming together” or assembly. The common Greek translation was, confusingly, ekklesia , which was also used to translate comitia ; the c…
The People’s Consul
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The People’s Consul
Contio
Contio (plural contiones ) was an officially convened public meeting without voting power. By association, the word also referred to the speeches delivered at such meetings. The word was originally conventio (from cum + venire ; spelled coventio in the senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus from 186 BCE ) and meant “coming together” or assembly. The common Greek translation was, confusingly, ekklesia , which was also used to translate comitia ; the c…
A Written Republic
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 191 Il s’achève par une conclusion provisoire : « Once the contemporary reader recognizes the relevance of the lives of these non-Roman commanders to the political turmoil of the last generations of the Roman Republic, the power of Nepos’ invention of serial political biography can be both deeply felt and widely applied » (229). Reste à cerner l’identité de ces lecteurs et la nature de leur mise en pratique des leçons …
The Host’s Dilemma
The Homeric hospitality system depicts extraordinary risk and trust. Although ethnographic comparisons with similar systems in contemporary non-industrialized societies lend some credence to these exchanges, some aspects appear implausible. Recent advances in game theory, which mathematically represents systems of cooperation, suggest that self-interested strangers (as are many of the characters depicted in Homeric hospitality scenes) can plausib…
Contio
The contio (plural: contiones ) could be civil or military. The civil contio was a non‐voting public meeting convened, during the republic, usually by a consul or tribune of the plebs, and, during the imperial period, usually by the emperor. Republican contiones were often held in connection with elections or criminal trials. They were a means of imparting news to the assembled crowd, and of testing the popularity of the speaker and his stance. T…
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