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The Senate of Imperial Rome / Richard J.A. Talbert.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1984Description: 1 online resource (606 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781400849765
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 328/.3/0937 19
LOC classification:
  • JC85.S4
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part One THE CORPORATE BODY -- 1 THE SENATE -- 2 SENATORS -- Part Two SESSIONS -- 3 MEETING PLACES AND THE INTERIOR OF THE CURIA JULIA -- 4 ATTENDANCE -- 5 THE EMPEROR IN THE SENATE -- 6 ROUTINE -- 7 PROCEDURE -- 8 PROCEDURAL CHANGE IN THE SECOND CENTURY -- 9 RECORDS AND THEIR USE -- Part Three FUNCTIONS -- 10 ELECTIONS AND THE LOT -- 11 IMPERIAL POWERS AND OTHER HONORS -- 12 THE SENATE'S ROLE IN ADMINISTRATION -- 13 THE SENATE'S ROLE IN ADMINISTRATION (CONTINUED) -- 14 DIPLOMACY, THE ARMY, AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS -- 15 SENATORIAL LEGISLATION -- 16 THE SENATORIAL COURT -- 17 CONCLUSION: THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE SENATE -- APPENDICES -- EXTENDED NOTES -- INFORMATION FOR NON-SPECIALIST READERS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES -- GENERAL INDEX
Summary: Richard J. A. Talbert examines the composition, procedure, and functions of the Roman senate during the Principate (30 B.C.-A.D. 238). Although it is of central importance to the period, this great council has not previously received such scholarly treatment. Offering a fresh approach to major ancient authors (Pliny and Tacitus in particular), the book also draws on inscriptions and legal writers never before fully exploited for the study of the senate.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part One THE CORPORATE BODY -- 1 THE SENATE -- 2 SENATORS -- Part Two SESSIONS -- 3 MEETING PLACES AND THE INTERIOR OF THE CURIA JULIA -- 4 ATTENDANCE -- 5 THE EMPEROR IN THE SENATE -- 6 ROUTINE -- 7 PROCEDURE -- 8 PROCEDURAL CHANGE IN THE SECOND CENTURY -- 9 RECORDS AND THEIR USE -- Part Three FUNCTIONS -- 10 ELECTIONS AND THE LOT -- 11 IMPERIAL POWERS AND OTHER HONORS -- 12 THE SENATE'S ROLE IN ADMINISTRATION -- 13 THE SENATE'S ROLE IN ADMINISTRATION (CONTINUED) -- 14 DIPLOMACY, THE ARMY, AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS -- 15 SENATORIAL LEGISLATION -- 16 THE SENATORIAL COURT -- 17 CONCLUSION: THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE SENATE -- APPENDICES -- EXTENDED NOTES -- INFORMATION FOR NON-SPECIALIST READERS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES -- GENERAL INDEX

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Richard J. A. Talbert examines the composition, procedure, and functions of the Roman senate during the Principate (30 B.C.-A.D. 238). Although it is of central importance to the period, this great council has not previously received such scholarly treatment. Offering a fresh approach to major ancient authors (Pliny and Tacitus in particular), the book also draws on inscriptions and legal writers never before fully exploited for the study of the senate.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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