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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.
Contents
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Catalina Balmaceda
1 Archaic Ideas on the Concept of Libertas
Carlos Amunátegui
2 Libertas in Early Latin Authors
Catalina Balmaceda
3 The God Liber and Republican Notions of Libertas in the Late Roman Republic
Valentina Arena
4 The Freedom of the Rhodians: Cato the Elder and Demosthenes
Harriet Flower
5 Ex Imperio Libertas: Freedom and Republican Empire
Clifford Ando
6 The Notion of Res Publica and Its Conflicting Meanings at the End of the Roman Republic
Claudia Moatti
7 The Consulship under the Triumvirs: a Phantom Office?
Francisco Pina Polo
8 Arbitration in the Res Publica: a Novel Way of Solving Internal Political Conflicts in the 40s and 30s BC
Cristina Rosillo-López
9 The Auctoritas and Libertas of Augustus: Metamorphosis of the Roman res publica
Frédéric Hurlet
10 A Great and Arduous Struggle: Marcus Antonius and the Rhetoric of Libertas in 44-43 BC
Jeff Tatum
11 Res Publica, Libertas and Free Speech in Retrosp
