Informal Conversations between Senators in the Late Roman Republic

Rosillo-López, Cristina

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“…He frequently uses vicinitas, and especially the ways in which their fellow municipals and vicini react to his clients, as a means of establishing their social status and their moral character. One of the arguments advanced by the 14 Riggsby 2004;Lintott 2008, 33-6;Guérin 2011;Hall 2014;Rosillo López 2017b. 15 Cornell 1995, 87-92;Patterson 2006, 139-141;Bradley 2015, 101-105. For the persistence of the importance of local and regional networks in the 1 st and 2 nd centuries AD, see Roncaglia 2011. 16 White 2010, 3-29;Pina Polo 2017;Evangelou, forthcoming. 17 Cic.…”

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"Vicinitas": Neighbourhoods, Networks and Identities in Ciceronian Italy

Lomas¹

2019

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Roman Italy was a highly interconnected region. The social elites of both Rome and other communities were linked by a dense web of connections which played an important role in influencing social, economic and political behaviour and shaping cultural identities. This paper explores the importance of neighbourhood networks in the period after the social war, using the works of Cicero and his contemporaries, as well as modern analytical approaches. It examines how vicinitas is defined and what social and political significance it had in this pivotal period of Roman history.

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"Vicinitas": Neighbourhoods, Networks and Identities in Ciceronian Italy

Lomas¹

2019

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Political Conversations in Late Republican Rome

Rosillo-López¹

2021

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We are familiar with the notion that the Roman political world of the Late Republic included lofty speeches and sessions of the Senate, but also need to remember that another important aspect of Late Republican politics revolved around senators talking among themselves, chatting in the corner. The present book intends to analyse senatorial political conversations and illuminate the oral aspects of Roman politics. It argues that Roman senators and their entourages met in person to have conversations in which they discussed politics, circulated political information, and negotiated strategies; this extra-institutional sphere had a relevant impact both on politics and institutions, as well as determining how the Roman Republic functioned. The main point of this book is to offer a new perspective on Roman politics through the proxy of conversations and meetings. Orality has represented an important component in analysis of Roman institutions: oratory before the people in assemblies and contiones, addresses and discussions in the Senate, speeches in the law courts. Orality was also crucial in rumours and public opinion. The present research posits that, in Rome, oral was the default mode of communication in politics, especially outside institutions. Only when they could not reach each other in person did Roman senators and their peers resort to letters. The book suggests that the study of politics should not be restricted to the senatorial group, but that other persons should be considered as important actors with their own agency (albeit in different degrees), such as freedmen and elite women.

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Rosillo-López

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Political Conversations in Late Republican Rome

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Informal Conversations between Senators in the Late Roman Republic

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"Vicinitas": Neighbourhoods, Networks and Identities in Ciceronian Italy

"Vicinitas": Neighbourhoods, Networks and Identities in Ciceronian Italy

Political Conversations in Late Republican Rome

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