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Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Published date: 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket; xii, 337 pp; 24 cm. First edition. Inscribed (personalized) and signed by author on front free endpaper.
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In acceptable condition with an acceptable dust jacket. Original brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; light shelf wear to extremities; binding sound. Original owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Interior pages have underlining and light margin notes in ink throughout. Dust jacket present with heavy edge wear, chipping, tears, spine losses, and creasing; front and rear panels intact. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. A good reading copy. Examines the relationship between Roman political life and the development and operation of criminal courts during the late Roman Republic, focusing on the period from 149 to 78 B.C. Drawing on literary, legal, and epigraphic sources, Gruen analyzes how criminal prosecutions functioned as political tools and how judicial institutions became arenas for factional struggle. The work addresses major developments including the Gracchan reforms, the Jugurthine War, the rise of popular politics, civil conflict, and the Sullan restoration, situating criminal trials within broader political and social transformations of the Roman state. Includes extensive appendices cataloging trials, legislation, and outcomes, along with a bibliography and index. Contents include: Abbreviations; Introduction; Politics in the Age of Scipio Aemilianus; Ti. Gracchus and the Gracchan Factio; Gracchan Legislation and Legacy; The Emergence of Metellan Supremacy; The Jugurthine War and the Mamilian Commission; Popular Politics and the Iudicia; The Building of Crisis; Civil Wars and the Cinnae Dominatio; The Sullan Restoration; Conclusion; Appendix A. The Immunity of the Agrarian Commissioners; Appendix B. The Lex Junia and the Lex Acilia; Appendix C. The Cases in Appian, BC, 1.22; Appendix D. Alleged Trials in the 80's; Appendix E. A Summary of the Trials; Bibliography; Index.