{"product_id":"crime-and-community-in-ciceronian-andrew-m-riggsby-9780292770997","title":"Crime and Community in Ciceronian Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003e In 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\u003e Through 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew M. Riggsby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292770995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292770997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.02w x 0.75d","brand":"Andrew M. Riggsby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128443629823,"sku":"9780292770997","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0e83899-24af-4033-9e80-81f14b259a9e.jpg?v=1687458710","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crime-and-community-in-ciceronian-andrew-m-riggsby-9780292770997","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}