‘He had thoughtlessly accepted certain gifts’
Corruption and Normative Behaviour for Roman Magistrates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21873751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Filippo Carlà‐uhink (0000-0003-3020-2300, University of Potsdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 52-70 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2045-290X • E-ISSN: 2045-2918 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/cult.2024.0296 |
| OpenAlex | W4393261106 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
It has been highlighted many times how difficult it is to draw a boundary between gift and bribe, and how the same transfer can be interpreted in different ways according to the position of the observer and the narrative frame into which it is inserted. This also applied of course to Ancient Rome; in both the Republic and Principate lawgivers tried to define the limits of acceptable transfers and thus also to identify what we might call ‘corruption’. Yet, such definitions remained to a large extent blurred, and what was constructed was mostly a ‘code of conduct’, allowing Roman politicians to perform their own ‘honesty’ in public duty – while being aware at all times that their involvement in different kinds of transfer might be used by their opponents against them and presented as a case of ‘corrupt’ behaviour
Art · Criminology · Language change · Literature · Normative · Political science · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Studies and Legal History · History · Law · Legal principles and applications
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |