Politics in the Roman Republic.

• Superior document: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences
• Author: Barber, Cary Michael.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)

B. G. Niebuhr, the founder of 'modern history', exerts an enduring influence; even in death, Goethe once claimed, '[Niebuhr] still walks around and works'. Today, Niebuhr is a humbler phantom, rarely invoked and largely forgotten. Similar fates await the shades of Theodor Mommsen, Friedrich Münzer, and Matthias Gelzer. Yet, each demands reconsideration and revitalization. Their texts remain foundational, constituting the conceptual and methodological core of Republican political studies. Politics in the Roman Republic (re)presents the first critical, comprehensive, Anglophone survey of these scholars' influence. Its innovative reassessments dispel deep-seated misconceptions and emphasize relevance. The work's unique (re)interpretations render it essential reading for any student of Rome: specialist and non-specialist alike.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Editors' Note -- Acknowledgments -- Politics in the Roman Republic: Perspectives from Niebuhr to Gelzer -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 The 'Long Nineteenth Century' of Historiography -- 1.1 Foundational Historians: Niebuhr, Mommsen, Münzer, Gelzer -- 1.2 Appraising the Problem: Oblivion and the Anglosphere -- 1.3 Charting a Continuum from Past to Present -- 1.4 Avoiding Cliché -- 1.5 The 'Long Nineteenth Century' of Historiography -- 2 Prelude to Niebuhr's 'Historiography of the Future' -- 2.1 Prelude to Niebuhr's 'Historiography of the Future': Introduction -- 2.2 Prelude to Niebuhr's 'Historiography of the Future': Girard's 'Generative Violence' -- 3 Barthold Georg Niebuhr's 'Revolution' -- 3.1 Barthold Georg Niebuhr and the 'Long Nineteenth Century' (LNC) -- 3.2 Niebuhr's Historiographical Revolution -- 3.3 Niebuhr's Methodological Revolution(s): Socio-economic Studies -- 3.4 Towards a New Critique of Niebuhr -- 3.5 Critiquing Niebuhr: Niebuhr and the Gracchi -- 3.6 Niebuhr: A Final Analysis -- 4 In the Shadow of Mommsen -- 4.1 In the Shadow of Mommsen: An Introduction -- 4.2 Measuring Mommsen's Impact -- 4.3 Mommsen and the 'Constitutionalist' Model for Roman Politics -- 4.4 Mommsen's 'Constitutionalist' History: The Republic as a Spider's Web -- 4.5 A New 'Mommsenian Tradition': The Geschichte and Staatsrecht as Unified Program -- 4.6 A New Mommsenian Model: Perspectives from the Social Sciences? -- 4.7 Appraising Mommsen in a New Light -- 4.8 A New 'Mommsenian Model' and the Republic's Ideological Tundra -- 4.9 Theodor Mommsen, Christian Meier, and Modernity: A Continuum? -- 4.10 Evaluating 'The New Mommsenian Tradition': Tears in the Web? -- 4.11 Mommsen as Doyen of Republican History: A Final Evaluation -- 5 Münzer, Gelzer, and the 'Social Scientific' Tradition.

5.1 The Emergence of a 'Social-Historical' School: Introduction -- 5.2 Münzer, Gelzer, and the Conclusion of Historiography's 'Long Nineteenth Century' -- 5.3 Gelzer's Die Nobilität and the 'Mommsenian Tradition' -- 5.4 Gelzer, Clientage, and the Factio -- 5.5 Gelzer's Impact: Friedrich Münzer and a Much-Expanded Model -- 5.6 Surveying the 'Frozen Waste' -- 5.7 Friedrich Münzer: Laudatio Funebris -- 6 Perspectives on Roman Politics, Past and Present -- 6.1 The Ascension of Sir Ronald Syme and the Movement toward Modernity -- 6.2 From 'The Long Nineteenth Century' to the 'Age of Extremes' -- Bibliography -- Index.