{"product_id":"crime-and-community-in-ciceronian-rome-paperback","title":"Crime and Community in Ciceronian Rome - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew M. Riggsby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late Roman Republic, acts of wrongdoing against individuals were prosecuted in private courts, while the \u003ci\u003eiudicia publica\u003c\/i\u003e (literally \"public courts\") tried cases that involved harm to the community as a whole. In this book, Andrew 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 public courts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough the lens of Cicero's forensic oratory, Riggsby examines the four major public offenses: \u003ci\u003eambitus\u003c\/i\u003e (bribery of the electorate), \u003ci\u003ede sicariis et veneficiis\u003c\/i\u003e (murder), \u003ci\u003evis\u003c\/i\u003e (riot), and \u003ci\u003erepetundae\u003c\/i\u003e (extortion by provincial administrators). He persuasively argues that each of these offenses involves a violation of the proper relations between the state and the people, as interpreted by orators and juries. He concludes that in the late Roman Republic the only crimes were political crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late Roman Republic, acts of wrongdoing against individuals were prosecuted in private courts, while the iudicia publica (literally \"public courts\") tried cases that involved harm to the community as a whole. In this book, Andrew 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 public courts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the lens of Cicero's forensic oratory, Riggsby examines the four major public offenses: ambitus (bribery of the electorate), de sicariis et veneficiis (murder), vis (riot), and repetundae (extortion by provincial administrators). He persuasively argues that each of these offenses involves a violation of the proper relations between the state and the people, as interpreted by orators and juries. He concludes that in the late Roman Republic the only crimes were political crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew M. Riggsby is Lucy Shoe Meritt Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 267\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.96 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42114649817168,"sku":"9780292770997","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/bU1YV3hMcVBtdWtLTzZEd2xGQWp0UT09.webp?v=1772729394","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/crime-and-community-in-ciceronian-rome-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}