EAN: 9783515121729

COMMUNICATING PUBLIC OPINION IN THE ROMAN REPUB...

From assemblies to courts of justice  from the Senate to the battlefield  from Rome to the
provinces: public opinion could vary and take many guises. Roman politicians were aware of its
existence and influence  and engaged with it. This book offers a study of public opinion in the
Roman Republic  with an emphasis from the 3rd to 1st centuries BC. It focusses on four main
issues: nature and components of public opinion  public opinion in relation to military and
administrative questions  the interaction between public opinion and public dialogue and 
finally  the transmission of public opinion. It furthermore asks the following question: Who
was the populus Romanus? How did public opinion influence specific political or military
decisions? Can Habermas' view of public opinion be applied to the Roman Republic? How was the
rhetoric of fear applied to public opinion? Drawing on the more recent interpretations of Roman
Republic  this volume studies the mechanisms that make public opinion and politics work at many
different levels. It provides an engaging view on political communication and the interaction
between the elite and the people.

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