The consulate was the focal point of Roman politics. Both the ruling class and the ordinary citizens fixed their gaze on the republic's highest office - to be s

Libertas and Res Publica examines two key concepts of Western political thinking: freedom and republic. Contributors address important new questions on the prin

'Res Publica and the Roman Republic' explores the political crisis at the end of the Roman Republic through the changing perceptions of the political sphere its

For the last 100 years, political science has traditionally concentrated on the publica part of the expression res publica, conceiving this notion as a form of

Gathers together extracts from Cicero's works in which he discusses the Roman state (res publica). Grouped into eight thematic chapters, this title enables the