Libertas and Res publica in the Roman Republic : : ideas of freedom and Roman politics / / edited by Catalina Balmaceda.

• TeilnehmendeR: Balmaceda, Catalina, 1970-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : BRILL,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, c. 200 B.C.-A.D. 476) (Series) ; 37.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Libertas and Res Publica in the Roman Republic offers some essential ideas for an understanding of Roman politics during the Republican period by analysing two key concepts: libertas (liberty) and res publica (public matter, republic). Exploring these concepts through a variety of different aspects - legal, religious, literary, political, and cultural - this book aims to explain the profound relationship between the two. Through the examination of a rich array of sources ranging from classical authors to coins, from legal texts to works of art, Balmaceda and her co-authors propose new readings that elucidate the complex meanings and inter-related functions of libertas and res publica , in a thought-provoking, deep, but very readable study of Roman political culture and identity.

Table of Contents

Archaic ideas on the concept of libertas / Carlos Amunátegui -- Libertas in early Latin authors / Catalina Balmaceda -- The god Liber and republican notions of libertas in the late Roman Republic / Valentina Arena -- The freedom of the Rhodians : Cato the Elder and Demosthenes / Harriet Flower -- Ex imperio libertas : freedom and republican empire / Clifford Ando -- The notion of res publica and its conflicting meanings at the end of the Roman Republic / Claudia Moatti -- The consulship under the triumvirs : a phantom office? / Francisco Pina Polo -- Arbitration in the res publica : a novel way of solving internal political conflicts in the 40s and 30s BC / Cristina Rosillo-López -- The auctoritas and libertas of Augustus : metamorphosis of the Roman res publica / Frédéric Hurlet -- A great and arduous struggle : Marcus Antonius and the rhetoric of libertas in 44-43 BC / Jeff Tatum -- Res publica, libertas and free speech in retrospect : republican oratory in Tacitus' Dialogus / Henriette van der Blom.