Consules populares
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23734893 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antonio Duplá Ansuátegui (0000-0001-7566-0482, University of the Basque Country, corresponding author) |
| Editors | Hans Beck (0000-0002-0319-1186), Antonio Duplá, Martin Jehne, Francisco Pina Polo (0000-0001-8708-6211) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 279-298 |
| Publication date | 2011-10-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Consuls and Res Publica (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9780511736124.015 |
| OpenAlex | W2268565680 |
| ISBN | 9780511736124 |
| Language | YI |
| Citations received | 3 |
The populares and the crisis of the republic The optimates–populares conflict is one of the distinctive events of the last century of republican Rome. From the mid-second century until the civil wars of the 40s, the ancient authors describe a series of critical episodes that allow a degree of continuity to be established. At relatively regular intervals, we witness popular movements led by the plebeian tribunes, socio-economic demands (whether to do with agrarian reform, the corn supply or the founding of colonies), disputes between the senate and the assemblies about their respective powers, an abundance of laws and proposals as well as of assemblies (especially contiones ), and even repressive mechanisms of doubtful “constitutionality,” such as the so-called senatus consultum ultimum . In this sense, the harmony ( concordia ), real or imaginary, that the ancient authors attribute to other republican periods appears to have been lost: the citizens and the ruling classes frequently appear divided and the mechanisms of consensus and social cohesion function less effectively.
Political science · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Studies and Legal History · History
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |