Public office in early Rome
Subtitle: ritual procedure and political practice
By: Roberta Stewart.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Public administration -- Rome -- History.; Rome -- Politics and government -- 510-30 B.C.
Description: Studies of Roman politics have traditionally emphasized individual personalities or groups of personalities and have explained political behavior in terms of contests for individual power or group power. By contrast, Roberta Stewart focuses on the religious institution of the allotment of duties among elected officials as a primary control on Roman politics.

She examines in detail the procedure of allotment, the roles of popular election and allotment in defining public authority and duty, and the relationship between the Roman Senate and elected officials. Allotment is seen to reflect Republican ideology about the divine sanction of Roman leadership, military enterprise, and empire.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The ritually defined allotment; title: Parity of pairs: the reforms of 444 and 406 B.C.; title: Parity of individuals: the reforms of 367 B.C.; title: Comparatio: Patricians, Plebeians, and curule office in the fourth century; title: Praetores Minores: a definition of conquest; title: Bibliography; title: Index.