{"product_id":"the-peoples-shield-james-callahan-9798243901536","title":"The People's Shield: How the Tribunician Veto Built the Roman Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRome did not survive by crushing rebellion. It survived by legalizing it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe People's Shield\u003c\/i\u003e, historian \u003cb\u003eJames Callahan\u003c\/b\u003e reveals how one of the most radical political inventions in history-the \u003cb\u003eTribune of the Plebs\u003c\/b\u003e-transformed class conflict into stability and turned protest into law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the debt crises that drove ordinary Romans to secede from their own city, to the creation of a magistrate whose body was sacred and whose veto could halt the machinery of the state, this book traces how Rome built a system that restrained power without destroying authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the evolution of the Tribunate through the crises of the Republic-from the codification of law and the struggle for political equality to its weaponization by the Gracchi and its final absorption by Augustus-\u003ci\u003eThe People's Shield\u003c\/i\u003e explains how a defensive institution became the foundation of imperial rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear, dramatic, and grounded in ancient sources, this is the essential account of how dissent saved the Roman Republic-and how its success ultimately transformed it forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Callahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798243901536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d","brand":"James Callahan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997377409279,"sku":"9798243901536","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-peoples-shield-james-callahan-9798243901536","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}