Henrik Mouritsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3979432 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Henrik Mouritsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Henrik |
| FAMILY NAME | Mouritsen |
| SIGNATURE | MOURITSEN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7082-4839 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Roman Elite and the End of the Republic
The boni, the wealthy, but largely non-political, section of the Roman elite, have hitherto escaped scholarly attention. This book draws a detailed and rounded picture of the boni, their identity, values and interests, also tracing their – often tense - relationship to the political class, whose inner circle of noble families eventually lost their trust and support. Concerns about property played a central part in this process, and the book explo…
Roman Elite and the End of the Republic
Politics in the Roman Republic
The politics of the Roman Republic has in recent decades been the subject of intense debate, covering issues such as the degree of democracy and popular influence, 'parties' and ideology, politics as public ritual, and the character of Rome's political culture. This engaging book examines all these issues afresh, and presents an original synthesis of Rome's political institutions and practices. It begins by explaining the development of the Roman…
Manumission
While manumission has been practised in almost all slave societies the Romans appear to have freed their slaves with unparalleled frequency. The chapter looks at three aspects of Roman manumission: the status of freedmen, the Augustan reforms of manumission and the legal discourse on freedmen under the Empire. It is suggested that the background for the Roman practice of enfranchising former slaves should be sought in the social and legal structu…
Local Elites in Italy and the Western Provinces
Local elites represented the backbone of the Roman Empire. Our knowledge of them relies overwhelmingly on epigraphic evidence, not least from Pompeii. This chapter analyzes the epigraphic evidence dealing with this sector of the population, which is rarely represented in the literary sources. It focuses on the institutional structures of local municipalities in Italy and the western provinces, above all local magistrates and town councils, the Au…
The Roman Empire I
This chapter examines the history of the Roman Empire as a republic, explaining the formation of the Roman republic, its durability and relative stability, and the military expansionism that allowed it to expand its territory. It also identifies the social, political, and military factors that led to the weakening of the republican system of government and its eventual replacement with the monarchy system.
From Meeting to Text
This chapter explores the increasing circulation of written texts of speeches at public meetings, and argues that the contiones in written form proliferated at the end of the Republic when it became increasingly difficult for the contio to function as a forum for meaningful political exchange. This suggests a gradual shift in the underlying motivation from personal memoria to propaganda and political persuasion. The circulation of contiones may b…
Slavery and Manumission in the Roman Elite
The Freedman in the Roman World
Freedmen occupied a complex and often problematic place in Roman society between slaves on the one hand and freeborn citizens on the other. Playing an extremely important role in the economic life of the Roman world, they were also a key instrument for replenishing and even increasing the size of the citizen body. This book presents an original synthesis, for the first time covering both Republic and Empire in a single volume. While providing up-…
The civitas sine suffragio
Caius Gracchus and the cives sine suffragio
Freedmen and Decurions
The article investigates the social profile of Roman funerary epigraphy, focusing on Ostia and Pompeii, and reconsiders the predominant role of freedmen in this material. Comparing the epigraphic behaviour of decurions and freedmen, it concludes that the ‘epigraphic habit’ was not uniformly adopted throughout Roman society; different classes used inscriptions in different ways and for different purposes. The epitaphs do not therefore reflect the …
Pits and politics
POZZI E POLITICA: INTERPRETANDO I FORA DELLE COLONIE NELL'ITALIA REPUBBLICANA L'articolo affronta il rapporto tra Roma e le sue colonie in Italia nel periodo repubblicano attraverso un'analisi dei fora delle colonie e, in particolare, di una serie di pozzi trovati a Cosa, Alba Fucens, Fregellae e Paestum . Le moderne interpretazioni di queste strutture come parte della messa in opera pratica e rituale dei luoghi in cui si tenevano le assemblee po…
Plebs and Politics in the Late Roman Republic
Plebs and Politics in the Late Roman Republic analyses the political role of the masses in a profoundly aristocratic society. Constitutionally the populus Romanus wielded almost unlimited powers, controlling legislation and the election of officials, a fact which has inspired 'democratic' readings of the Roman republic. In this book a distinction is drawn between the formal powers of the Roman people and the practical realization of these powers.…
Order and Disorder in Late Pompeian politics
The paper attempts to draw attention to some of the conceptual and evidential problems attached to the prevaling theory of a social disorder in late Pompeii, supposedly a period characterized hy the decline of the old nobility and the ascendance of new commercially based families, often of servile origins. The underlying assumption of trade and agriculture being incompatibles is questioned, and weaknesses in the prosopographical evidence adduced …
Elections, Magistrates and Municipal Elite
Freedmen and Decurions
The article investigates the social profile of Roman funerary epigraphy, focusing on Ostia and Pompeii, and reconsiders the predominant role of freedmen in this material. Comparing the epigraphic behaviour of decurions and freedmen, it concludes that the ‘epigraphic habit’ was not uniformly adopted throughout Roman society; different classes used inscriptions in different ways and for different purposes. The epitaphs do not therefore reflect the …
Pits and politics
POZZI E POLITICA: INTERPRETANDO I FORA DELLE COLONIE NELL'ITALIA REPUBBLICANA L'articolo affronta il rapporto tra Roma e le sue colonie in Italia nel periodo repubblicano attraverso un'analisi dei fora delle colonie e, in particolare, di una serie di pozzi trovati a Cosa, Alba Fucens, Fregellae e Paestum . Le moderne interpretazioni di queste strutture come parte della messa in opera pratica e rituale dei luoghi in cui si tenevano le assemblee po…
Elections, Magistrates and Municipal Elite
Order and Disorder in Late Pompeian politics
The paper attempts to draw attention to some of the conceptual and evidential problems attached to the prevaling theory of a social disorder in late Pompeii, supposedly a period characterized hy the decline of the old nobility and the ascendance of new commercially based families, often of servile origins. The underlying assumption of trade and agriculture being incompatibles is questioned, and weaknesses in the prosopographical evidence adduced …
Plebs and Politics in the Late Roman Republic
Plebs and Politics in the Late Roman Republic analyses the political role of the masses in a profoundly aristocratic society. Constitutionally the populus Romanus wielded almost unlimited powers, controlling legislation and the election of officials, a fact which has inspired 'democratic' readings of the Roman republic. In this book a distinction is drawn between the formal powers of the Roman people and the practical realization of these powers.…
Pits and politics
POZZI E POLITICA: INTERPRETANDO I FORA DELLE COLONIE NELL'ITALIA REPUBBLICANA L'articolo affronta il rapporto tra Roma e le sue colonie in Italia nel periodo repubblicano attraverso un'analisi dei fora delle colonie e, in particolare, di una serie di pozzi trovati a Cosa, Alba Fucens, Fregellae e Paestum . Le moderne interpretazioni di queste strutture come parte della messa in opera pratica e rituale dei luoghi in cui si tenevano le assemblee po…
Freedmen and Decurions
The article investigates the social profile of Roman funerary epigraphy, focusing on Ostia and Pompeii, and reconsiders the predominant role of freedmen in this material. Comparing the epigraphic behaviour of decurions and freedmen, it concludes that the ‘epigraphic habit’ was not uniformly adopted throughout Roman society; different classes used inscriptions in different ways and for different purposes. The epitaphs do not therefore reflect the …
Caius Gracchus and the cives sine suffragio
The civitas sine suffragio
The Freedman in the Roman World
Freedmen occupied a complex and often problematic place in Roman society between slaves on the one hand and freeborn citizens on the other. Playing an extremely important role in the economic life of the Roman world, they were also a key instrument for replenishing and even increasing the size of the citizen body. This book presents an original synthesis, for the first time covering both Republic and Empire in a single volume. While providing up-…
Slavery and Manumission in the Roman Elite
The Roman Empire I
This chapter examines the history of the Roman Empire as a republic, explaining the formation of the Roman republic, its durability and relative stability, and the military expansionism that allowed it to expand its territory. It also identifies the social, political, and military factors that led to the weakening of the republican system of government and its eventual replacement with the monarchy system.
From Meeting to Text
This chapter explores the increasing circulation of written texts of speeches at public meetings, and argues that the contiones in written form proliferated at the end of the Republic when it became increasingly difficult for the contio to function as a forum for meaningful political exchange. This suggests a gradual shift in the underlying motivation from personal memoria to propaganda and political persuasion. The circulation of contiones may b…
Local Elites in Italy and the Western Provinces
Local elites represented the backbone of the Roman Empire. Our knowledge of them relies overwhelmingly on epigraphic evidence, not least from Pompeii. This chapter analyzes the epigraphic evidence dealing with this sector of the population, which is rarely represented in the literary sources. It focuses on the institutional structures of local municipalities in Italy and the western provinces, above all local magistrates and town councils, the Au…
Manumission
While manumission has been practised in almost all slave societies the Romans appear to have freed their slaves with unparalleled frequency. The chapter looks at three aspects of Roman manumission: the status of freedmen, the Augustan reforms of manumission and the legal discourse on freedmen under the Empire. It is suggested that the background for the Roman practice of enfranchising former slaves should be sought in the social and legal structu…
Politics in the Roman Republic
The politics of the Roman Republic has in recent decades been the subject of intense debate, covering issues such as the degree of democracy and popular influence, 'parties' and ideology, politics as public ritual, and the character of Rome's political culture. This engaging book examines all these issues afresh, and presents an original synthesis of Rome's political institutions and practices. It begins by explaining the development of the Roman…
Roman Elite and the End of the Republic
The Roman Elite and the End of the Republic
The boni, the wealthy, but largely non-political, section of the Roman elite, have hitherto escaped scholarly attention. This book draws a detailed and rounded picture of the boni, their identity, values and interests, also tracing their – often tense - relationship to the political class, whose inner circle of noble families eventually lost their trust and support. Concerns about property played a central part in this process, and the book explo…
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