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  Public Order in Ancient Rome (Key Themes in Ancient History) (Paperback) By (author) Wilfried Nippel, Other adaptation by P.A. Cartledge, Other adaptation by Peter Garnsey

  

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  Short Description for Public Order in Ancient Rome This is a critical study of the system of law and order in ancient Rome in both Republican and Imperial periods.
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  • Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 01 November 1995
  • Format: Paperback 176 pages
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  • Categories: Society & Culture: General | Crime & Criminology | General & World History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
  • ISBN 13: 9780521387491 ISBN 10: 0521387493
  • Sales rank: 1,076,446

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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.