Ancient Rome I

 

I. The centrality of Rome

a)    The Roman Republic

 

II. Rome and its Cleavages

a)    Julius Caesar – why such an end?

b)    Founding the Republic

c)    Senate, Consuls and Generals

d)    Imperium and Personal Power

 

III. Rome and Politics

a)    The People

·       Tribunes

·       Tribal Assembly

·       The ‘mob’

b)    Formal vs. Real politics

·       Actual vs. real political control

·       Maintaining/manipulating the status quo

c)    Citizenship

·       Protection of ‘liberty’

·       Equality not a condition of liberty.

 

IV. Protective and Instrumental Republicanism