Hans Beck - Consuls and Res Publica: Holding High Office in the Roman Republic

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Hans Beck , Antonio Dupl , Martin Jehne and Francisco Pina Polo

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This volume is primarily the result of the work carried out by an international research network, which was established in 2004 with the main purpose of studying the consulship in the Roman republic. The editors formed the core group of this network: Hans Beck (Montreal, Canada), Antonio Dupl (Vitoria, Spain), Martin Jehne (Dresden, Germany) and Francisco Pina Polo (Zaragoza, Spain), the last acting as Principal Investigator. The core group met on various occasions in Spain, and a large international conference was held at the University of Zaragoza in September 2007, where most of the papers presented in this book were delivered. These papers were significantly revised for publication. Other contributions were added as this volume took shape, to fill in the most significant gaps. The result is by no means a comprehensive study of the consulship, let alone a complete one. Rather, we look at the present volume as a contribution to an ongoing debate on Roman republican politics. That debate is more vibrant than ever. Branching out into the realms of other societies in the ancient Mediterranean, we feel that its applied models, concepts and thought paradigms are also relevant to the general discussion of elite power in antiquity.

We are grateful to the Ministerio de Ciencia y Educacin of Spain for its sponsorship of two consecutive funding cycles of Consuls, Consulars and the Government of the Roman Republic (HUM200402449 and HUM200760776/HIST), which was vital to the work of our team. When the volume entered the publishing pipeline, Margherita Devine and Brahm Kleinman helped with the challenge of editing the work of scholars from so many different linguistic backgrounds and academic cultures. Special thanks go to them, as to Fabian Knopf, who took on the laborious task of compiling the index of persons. As so often, the editorial work took longer than anticipated, and the editors would like to thank the contributors not only for their willingness to participate, but also for their patience. Finally, we are grateful to Michael Sharp, Commissioning Editor for Classics at Cambridge University Press, for his support and guidance in bringing this publication to light.

Valentina Arena Lecturer in Roman History, Department of History, University College London

Hans Beck John MacNaughton Chair of Classics, Department of History and Classical Studies, McGill University

Alexander Bergk Philosophische Fakultt, Technische Universitt Dresden

Antonio Dupl Associate Professor, Departamento de Estudios Clsicos, Universidad del Pas Vasco

Michael P. Fronda Assistant Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies, McGill University

Karl-Joachim Hlkeskamp Professor of Ancient History, Historisches Institut, Universitt Kln

Frdric Hurlet Professor of Roman History, Dpartement d'Histoire, Universit de Nantes

Martin Jehne Professor of Ancient History, Institut fr Geschichte, Technische Universitt Dresden

Francisco Marco Simn Professor of Ancient History, Departamento de Ciencias de la Antigedad, Universidad de Zaragoza

Robert Morstein-Marx Professor and Chair, Department of Classics, University of California, Santa Barbara

Francisco Pina Polo Professor of Ancient History, Departamento de Ciencias de la Antigedad, Universidad de Zaragoza

Matthew B. Roller Professor, Department of Classics, Johns Hopkins University

Nathan Rosenstein Professor of Ancient History, Department of History, Ohio State University

Christopher Smith Professor of Ancient History, School of Classics, University of St Andrews, Director of the British School at Rome