Politics in the Roman Republic: Perspectives from Niebuhr to Gelzer (Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences)

Barthold Niebuhr claimed the final word on the Roman Republic. Goethe, too, was unequivocal: in death, Niebuhr 'still walks around and works'. Today, Niebuhr is a humbler phantom: rarely invoked and largely forgotten. Similar fates await Theodor Mommsen, Friedrich Münzer, and Matthias Gelzer. Yet, Goethe's judgment applies to each: despite decades of misinterpretation and neglect, these scholars' texts form the conceptual and methodological cores of Republican political studies.Politics in the Roman Republicrepresents the first critical, comprehensive, Anglophone survey of these scholars' influence. Each chapter offers innovative reassessments that dispel misconceptions and emphasize sustained relevance. The work's unique interpretations render it essential reading for any student of the Republic: specialist and non-specialist alike.

• | Author: Cary Michael Barber
• | Publisher: Brill
• | Publication Date: Sep 22, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 292 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 9004530002
• | ISBN-13: 9789004530003