CURSUS HONORUM: PATHWAYS TO RANK AND POWER IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC

14 | Encuadernación: Rústica | Páginas: 386 | Dimensiones: 160 x 230 | País: ESPAÑA | Sinopsis: This volume addresses a crucial issue for the political culture of the Roman Republic: competition among individuals and families of the social elite. This rivalry came to head at the annual elections of new magistrates: every year, a number of candidates ran for office and whereas some obtained sufficient votes from the people, others were defeated. The political career of a Roman citizen therefore took the shape of a hierarchical ladder (cursus honorum) whose rungs corresponded to the age a... - Historia