The Roman Elite and the End of the Republic: The Boni, the Nobles and Cicero by

Description: The Roman Elite and the End of the Republic by Henrik Mouritsen Reconfiguring the social and political landscape of the late Roman republic, this book discovers the boni as a distinct social and economic class. This has important implications for our understanding of the process that led to the fall of the republic. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The boni, the wealthy, but largely non-political, section of the Roman elite, have hitherto escaped scholarly attention. This book draws a detailed and rounded picture of the boni, their identity, values and interests, also tracing their – often tense - relationship to the political class, whose inner circle of noble families eventually lost their trust and support. Concerns about property played a central part in this process, and the book explores key Roman concepts associated with property, including frugality, luxury, patrimony, debt and the all-important otium that ensured the peaceful enjoyment of private possessions. Through close readings of Cicero and other republican writers, a new narrative of the fall of the republic emerges. The shifting allegiances of the wider elite of boni viri played an important part in the events that brought an end to the republic and ushered in a new political system better attuned to their material interests. Author Biography Henrik Mouritsen is Professor of Roman History at Kings College London. He has published widely on aspects of Roman history from local and republican politics to slavery, manumission and epigraphy. His books include Elections, Magistrates and Municipal Elite (1988), Italian Unification (1998), Plebs and Politics in the Late Roman Republic (Cambridge, 2001), The Freedman in the Roman World (Cambridge, 2011) and Politics in the Roman Republic (Cambridge, 2017). Table of Contents Introduction; Part I. The Boni in the Late Republic: 1. Lost in translation: modern interpretations of the Boni; 2. Boni et Locupletes; 3. Who were the Boni?; 4. Boni and Equites in the late republic; 5. The Boni in Roman politics and public life; Part II. Property and Politics: 6. Wealth and morality revisited; 7. Boni: the Gentlemen of republican Rome; 8. Boni and Improbi: the moral construction of Roman politics; 9. Otium and Tranquillitas: the politics of the Boni; 10. Vita et Bona: property and security; 11. The road to perdition: Egestas and Aes Alienum; 12. Egentes Sumptuosi Nobiles: politics and debt; Part III. The Boni and the End of the Republic: 13. Boni and Nobiles; 14. The power of the Nobiles; 15. Boni Non Sequentur: The Boni and the end of the republic; 16. Cicero and the formation of an alternative; 17. Epilogue: the Boni and Augustus Review … a vital contribution to Late Republican scholarship. Trevor Luke, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Promotional Presents a new understanding of the social and political world of the late republic and the reasons for its fall. Promotional "Headline" Presents a new understanding of the social and political world of the late republic and the reasons for its fall. Details ISBN1009180657 Author Henrik Mouritsen Publisher Cambridge University Press ISBN-10 1009180657 ISBN-13 9781009180658 Format Hardcover Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 348 Subtitle The Boni, the Nobles and Cicero Year 2022 Publication Date 2022-12-22 UK Release Date 2022-12-22 AU Release Date 2022-12-22 NZ Release Date 2022-12-22 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Alternative 9781009180665 DEWEY 937.05 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168631676;

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