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Mass Oratory and Political Power in the Late Roman Republic
Mass Oratory and Political Power in the Late Roman Republic Author:Robert Morstein-Marx Examining how public political discourse influenced the distribution of power between the Senate and people in the Late Roman Republic (133-42 BC), this work analyzes comprehensively the "ideology" of Republican mass oratory. Robert Morstein-Marx analyzes it within the institutional, historical and physical contexts of the public meetings in whi... more »ch these speeches were heard. Morstein-Marx emphasizes the perpetual negotiation and reproduction of power through communication.« less