Public Order in Ancient Rome (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521387491)

The absence of a professional police force in the city of Rome in classical times is often identified as a major cause of the collapse of the Republic. But this alleged "structural weakness" was not removed by the Emperor Augustus and his successors, and was in fact shared with other premodern states. In this critical new study of the system of law and order in ancient Rome in both the republican and imperial periods, Wilfried Nippel identifies the mechanisms of self-regulation that operated as a stabilizing force within Roman society.

Author: Wilfried Nippel
ISBN-10: 0521387493
ISBN-13: 9780521387491
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/21/1995
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.00w x 0.38d