Author : T. Corey Brennan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195114607
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (146 download)
Book Synopsis The Praetorship in the Roman Republic: Volume 2: 122 to 49 BC by : T. Corey Brennan
Download or read book The Praetorship in the Roman Republic: Volume 2: 122 to 49 BC written by T. Corey Brennan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brennan's book surveys the history of the Roman praetorship, which was one of the most enduring Roman political institutions, occupying the practical center of Roman Republican administrative life for over three centuries. The study addresses political, social, military and legal history, as well as Roman religion. Volume I begins with a survey of Roman (and modern) views on the development of legitimate power—from the kings, through the early chief magistrates, and down through the creation and early years of the praetorship. Volume II discusses how the introduction in 122 of C. Gracchus' provincia repetundarum pushed the old city-state system to its functional limits.