A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic

A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic offers a unique approach to ancient participatory communities by examining Greece and Rome through a comparative lens. Organized by topic, paired chapters explore parallel participatory communities from a Greek perspective and from a Roman perspective. Each chapter surveys origins, concepts, and practices in either Greek or Roman communities; and taken together, the pairs of chapters provide a complex portrait of the formation, organization, development, and imperilment of these communities in two different civilizations. This comparative context allows for an enriched understanding of participatory communities in the ancient world. The Companion brings into dialogue an international array of scholars with a wide range of methodological approaches. Authors of parallel chapters collaborate closely to highlight comparative aspects of their assigned topics. The result is an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike.

Notes on contributors Introduction Chapter 1: Reading the past (On comparison) David Konstan Part 2: The emergence of participatory communities Chapter 2: Why Greek democracy? Its emergence and nature in context Kurt A. Raaflaub Chapter 3: Why Roman republicanism? Its emergence and nature in context Michael P. Fronda Part 3: Constructing a past Chapter 4: Autochthony and identity in Greek myth Kathryn A. Morgan Chapter 5: Agriculture and identity in Roman myth Mary Jaeger Part 4: Dêmokratia and res publica Chapter 6: Liberty, equality, and authority: theory and practice in Greek participatory communities Vincent Farenga Chapter 7: Liberty, equality, and authority: theory and practice in the later Roman Republic Malcolm Schofield Part 5: Institutions Chapter 8: The congruence of power: ruling and being ruled in Greek participatory communities P.J. Rhodes Chapter 9: The incongruence of power: the Roman constitution in theory and practice Henrik Mouritsen Part 6: Law Chapter 10: Tyranny or the rule of law? Democratic participation in legal institutions in Athens David Cohen Chapter 11: The evolution of law and legal procedures in the Roman participatory context Callie Williamson Part 7: Social values Chapter 12: Informal norms, values, and social control in Greek participatory communities Nick Fisher Chapter 13: Informal norms, values, and social control in the Roman participatory context Valentina Arena Part 8: Power relations and political groups Chapter 14: The practice of politics in classical Athens and the paradox of democratic leadership Robert W. Wallace Chapter 15: The practice of politics and the unpredictable dynamics of clout in the Roman Republic W. Jeffrey Tatum Part 9: Rhetoric Chapter 16: Persuading the people in Greek participatory communities Joseph Roisman Chapter 17: Persuading the people in the Roman participatory context Robert Morstein–Marx Part 10: Global contexts Chapter 18: Interstate relations, colonization, and empire among Greek participatory communities Sarah Bolmarcich Chapter 19: Interstate relations, federal states, colonization, and empire during the Roman Republic Craige B. Champion Part 11: Economic life Chapter 20: Production, trade, and consumption in Greek participatory communities David W. Tandy Chapter 21: Production, trade, and consumption in the Roman Republic Luuk de Ligt Part 12: Discourses of inclusion and exclusion Chapter 22: Women and slaves in Greek participatory communities Ryan K. Balot and Larissa M. Atkison Chapter 23: Women and slaves in the Roman Republic Roberta Stewart Part 13: Entertainment Chapter 24: Tragedy and comedy in Greek participatory communities Keith Sidwell Chapter 25: Tragedy and comedy in the Roman participatory context Shawn O’Bryhim Part 14: Visual culture Chapter 26: Art, architecture, and spaces in Greek participatory communities Tonio Hölscher Chapter 27: Art, architecture, and spaces in the Roman participatory context Ellen Perry Part 15: Conclusion Chapter 28: Thinking comparatively about participatory communities Dean Hammer

Dean Hammer is the John W. Wetzel Professor of Classics and Professor of Government at Franklin and Marshall College (USA).  He is the author of, amongst others, The Iliad as Politics: The Performance of Political Thought (2002), Roman Political Thought and the Modern Theoretical Imagination (2008), and Roman Political Thought: From Cicero to Augustine (2015)