- Hardcover: 174 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press (21 Sep 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0521383277
- ISBN-13: 978-0521383271
- Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.6 x 0.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,068,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The absence of a professional police force in the city of Rome in classical times is often identified as a major cause of the collapse of the Republic. But this alleged 'structural weakness' was not removed by the Emperor Augustus and his successors, and was in fact shared with other pre-modern states: a specialised police force is a modern invention. In this critical study of the system of law and order in ancient Rome in both Republican and Imperial periods, Wilfried Nippel identifies the mechanisms of self-regulation which operated as a stabilising force within Roman society. This case-study of ancient Rome has a comparative dimension and will interest legal historians of other pre-modern societies as well as ancient historians, anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists.
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In the political order of Republican Rome, the higher magistrates, because of their overall responsibility for the res publica, had at their disposal means of enforcement that were only to a limited extent available to the magistrates specifically entrusted with particular police duties. Read the first page
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In the political order of Republican Rome, the higher magistrates, because of their overall responsibility for the res publica, had at their disposal means of enforcement that were only to a limited extent available to the magistrates specifically entrusted with particular police duties. Read the first page
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