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Roman Voting Assemblies: From the Hannibalic War to the Dictatorship of Caesar
Draws on archaeological evidence to reconstruct voting procedures in the assemblies
"Theodor Mommsen's Römisches Staatsrecht is a monument, an Egyptian pyramid, everlasting and heavy; Lily Ross Taylor's Roman Voting Assemblies, no less erudite and no less perspicacious, is like a Venetian palace, a marvel of light and clarity. Cautious and firm in judgment, never obfuscating, the author presents the evidence—literary, inscriptional, and numismatic—and illuminates all the ways and byways of the balloting in Republican Rome. As the right to vote and the voting procedure are central issues in every republican system, this volume has been for years an indispensable guide and companion of every student of Rome. It is a classic."
—Jerzy Linderski
"Theodor Mommsen's Römisches Staatsrecht is a monument, an Egyptian pyramid, everlasting and heavy; Lily Ross Taylor's Roman Voting Assemblies, no less erudite and no less perspicacious, is like a Venetian palace, a marvel of light and clarity. Cautious and firm in judgment, never obfuscating, the author presents the evidence—literary, inscriptional, and numismatic—and illuminates all the ways and byways of the balloting in Republican Rome. As the right to vote and the voting procedure are central issues in every republican system, this volume has been for years an indispensable guide and companion of every student of Rome. It is a classic."
—Jerzy Linderski
194 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1966
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Lily Ross Taylor
28booksAmerican author and academic who in 1917 became the first female Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. (Lily Ross Taylor. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia).
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March 12, 2024
Man, the Roman political system sucked! I can’t believe that it was ultimately designed to favour the rich and was easily manipulated by power hungry politicians. Thank god our system is nothing like that today!
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March 30, 2022
Really helpful, well written and insightful! Need-to-read for anyone intersted either in Roman history or history of democracy...
December 31, 2012
Really thorough. Very useful.
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