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Roman Political Culture - Seven Studies of the Senate and City Councils of Italy from the First to the Sixth Century AD (Hardcover)
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Roman Political Culture - Seven Studies of the Senate and City Councils of Italy from the First to the Sixth Century AD (Hardcover)
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This volume offers an innovative analysis of Roman political
culture in Italy from the first to the sixth century AD on the
basis of seven case studies. Its main contention is that, during
the period in which Italy was subject to single rule, political
culture took on a specific form, being the product of the continued
existence of two traditional political institutions: the senate in
the city of Rome and the local city councils in the rest of Italy.
Under single rule, the position of both institutions was
increasingly weakened and they became part of a much wider
institutional landscape, although the fact that they continued to
function until the end of the sixth century AD must imply that they
retained meaning for their members, even while society as a whole
was undergoing radical changes. As their powers and prerogatives
shrank considerably, their significance became social rather than
political as they allowed elites to enact and negotiate their own
position in society. However, the tension between the participatory
nature of these institutions and the restriction of their power
generated complex social dynamics: on the one hand, participants
became locked in mutual expectations about each other's behaviour
and were compelled to enact particular social roles, while on the
other hand they retained a degree of agency. They were encapsulated
in an honorific language and in a set of conventions that regulated
their behaviour, but that at the same time offered them room for
manoeuvre: this degree of autonomy provides a compelling basis on
which to challenge the prevailing view among historians that
deliberative and participatory politics effectively ended with the
institution of the Roman monarchy under Augustus.
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