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Communicating Public Opinion in the Roman Republic

Communicating Public Opinion in the Roman Republic

Hardcover

Series: Historia - Einzelschriften, Book 256

Ancient Rome

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ISBN10: 3515121722
ISBN13: 9783515121729
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Published: Apr 1 2019
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.91 Depth: 9.71
Language: English

From assemblies to courts of justice, from the Senate to the battlefield, from Rome to the provinces: public opinion could vary and take many guises. Roman politicians were aware of its existence and influence, and engaged with it.

This book offers a study of public opinion in the Roman Republic, with an emphasis from the 3rd to 1st centuries BC. It focusses on four main issues: nature and components of public opinion; public opinion in relation to military and administrative questions; the interaction between public opinion and public dialogue and, finally, the transmission of public opinion. It furthermore asks the following question: Who was the populus Romanus? How did public opinion influence specific political or military decisions? Can Habermas' view of public opinion be applied to the Roman Republic? How was the rhetoric of fear applied to public opinion?

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