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Book SynopsisAndrew M. Riggsby thoroughly investigates the types of cases heard by the public courts to offer a provocative new understanding of what has been described as "crime" in the Roman Republic and to illuminate the inherently political nature of the Roman pub
Trade Review"This is an extraordinary work of scholarship... By examining in detail the arena where general discussions about 'crime' would be most likely to occur, Riggsby can make a strong argument that the general concept of 'crime,' so frequently discussed in our own society, is simply insignificant in Cicero's world. This is a new, penetrating, and fundamental insight for our understanding of Roman society in this period." --Christopher P. Craig, author of Form and Argument in Cicero's Speeches
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1. What Can We Know and How Can We Know It?
- Chapter 2. Ambitus and the Varieties of Economy
- Chapter 3. Murder (and How to Spot It)
- Chapter 4. Vis: A Plague on the State
- Chapter 5. Criminals Abroad
- Chapter 6. The Iudicia Publica in Roman State and Society
- Appendixes:
- A. Summary of Cicero's Criminal Cases
- B. Published vs. Delivered Speeches
- C. Some Nontrials
- Notes
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index Locorum
