Order and Disorder in Late Pompeian politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20077167 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henrik Mouritsen (0000-0001-7082-4839, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Pages | 139-144 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Les élites municipales de l’Italie péninsulaire des Gracques à Néron (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Publications du Centre Jean Bérard (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/books.pcjb.2670 |
| OpenAlex | W2804199645 |
| ISBN | 9782918887881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
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 in support of a political change are pointed out. As an alternative to the antagonistic class perception of social mobility, the appearance of new families among the decurions - not merely in the last decades but throughout the first century A.D. -is seen as a logical consequence of the demographic and institutional structure of the Pompeian elite
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Economics · Elite · Epistemology · Nobility · Perception · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prosopography · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |