Continuity between the Roman Republic and the early Empire in riot control
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Citation | TROJAN, Ondřej. Continuity between the Roman Republic and the early Empire in riot control. In Sapiens Ubique Civis XI. 2024. |
| Description | This paper deals with the similarities in riot control between the Roman Republic and the early Empire, despite the regime change and the emergence of regular policing forces, which marked a dramatic change for the urban environment as well as the very possibilities of maintaining order. It will consider the different ways of maintaining order that can be found in the sources for both periods. Specifically, it will be a question of what levels of interventions we can find in each period and how they escalated. Part of these levels is the issue of military intervention, and especially the effort to avoid it. Another point is the attempt to maintain order by non-violent ways, specifically through authority (official, imperial). An important point will be the question of what role the permanent policing force played in maintaining order in the city, especially in the context of the transition between the republic and the principate. It will note the characteristics associated with the maintenance of order in both periods. And it will note under what circumstances the authorities decided to intervene and what methods they chose to do so. |
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