Roman Historiography

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Roman Historiography

• Republican
• SEMINAR III
• Sallust BC 6-10
• Party Politics ch2

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Sallvst

• BC 6-10
• What is is his point?
• What are the buzz words?
• nationes v. populi?

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Party PoliticsNobiles, Clients Personal
Armies p.25-41

• nobiles
• mos maiorum
• imagines

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Party Politics Nobiles, Clients Personal
Armies p.25-41

• patrician

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Party Politics Nobiles, Clients Personal
Armies p.25-41

• plebeian

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Party Politics Nobiles, Clients Personal
Armies p.25-41

• equites

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Roman Citizen Classes

• Patrician
• Senatorial (Plebeian)
• Equites (Plebeian)
• Property Owners (Plebeian)
• Capite Censi (Plebeian)

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Money Property Requirements

• 16 asses 4 ƒ 1 denarius
• ƒ1,000,000 for Senatorial
• ƒ400,000 for Equites
• ƒ3,000 for 4th class

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Party Politics

• Cursus honorum jpg

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Party Politics Personalities Programs

• Roman Republican government
• Checks balances
• Aristocratic control

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Party PoliticsNobiles, Clients Personal Armies

• Nobiles
• Military service requirements class determined
• Cavalry/officer class
• Centuriate Assembly
• Vote for consuls praetors
• Vote in order by class
• Senate
• Ex-magistrates life-time membership
• Subdivisions based on rank (highest office held)
• Asked to speak in order of rank
• Election to office influenced by family
  hereditity
• novus homo

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Party PoliticsNobiles, Clients Personal
Armies p.41-47

• clientes
• patronus
• fides
• origins? history?
• salutatio
• deductores
• campaign entourage
• collegia

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Party PoliticsNobiles, Clients Personal
Armies p.41-47

• unde clientes?

• Conquer
• Inherit
• Govern
• Enlist soldiers
• Establish colony
• Make citizens
• Make treaties
• Oath of fealty

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Party PoliticsNobiles, Clients Personal
Armies p.47-49

• oath of allegiance to imperator
• Marian reforms
• Longer service
• client of imperator
• veteran colonies
• first triumvirate
• populares v. optimates
• personal parties
• totalitarianism

marivs
svlla
Pompey
caesar