Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors ix
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1 Dean Hammer
1 Reading the Past (On Comparison) 8 David Konstan
Part I The Emergence of Participatory Communities 21
2 Why Greek Democracy? Its Emergence and Nature in Context 23 Kurt A. Raaflaub
3 Why Roman Republicanism? Its Emergence and Nature in Context 44 Michael P. Fronda
Part II Constructing a Past 65
4 Autochthony and Identity in Greek Myth 67 Kathryn A. Morgan
5 Agriculture and Identity in Roman Myth 83 Mary Jaeger
Part III Dēmokratia and Res Publica 99
6 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in Greek Participatory Communities 101 Vincent Farenga
7 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in the Later Roman Republic 113 Malcolm Schofield
Part IV Institutions 129
8 The Congruence of Power: Ruling and Being Ruled in Greek Participatory Communities 131 P.J. Rhodes
9 The Incongruence of Power: The Roman Constitution in Theory and Practice 146 Henrik Mouritsen
Part V Law 165
10 Tyranny or the Rule of Law? Democratic Participation in Legal Institutions in Athens 167 David Cohen
11 The Evolution of Law and Legal Procedures in the Roman Participatory Context 179 Callie Williamson
Part VI Social Values 193
12 Informal Norms, Values, and Social Control in Greek Participatory Communities 195 Nick Fisher
13 Informal Norms, Values, and Social Control in the Roman Participatory Context 217 Valentina Arena
Part VII Power Relations and Political Groups 239
14 The Practice of Politics in Classical Athens, and the Paradox of Democratic Leadership 241 Robert W. Wallace
15 The Practice of Politics and the Unpredictable Dynamics of Clout in the Roman Republic 257 W. Jeffrey Tatum
Part VIII Rhetoric 275
16 Persuading the People in Greek Participatory Communities 277 Joseph Roisman
17 Persuading the People in the Roman Participatory Context 294 Robert Morstein-Marx
Part IX Global Contexts 311
18 Interstate Relations, Colonization, and Empire among Greek Participatory Communities 313 Sarah Bolmarcich
19 Interstate Relations, Federal States, Colonization, and Empire during the Roman Republic 329 Craige B. Champion
Part X Economic Life 347
20 Production, Trade, and Consumption in Greek Democracy 349 David W. Tandy
21 Production, Trade, and Consumption in the Roman Republic 368 Luuk de Ligt
Part XI Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion 387
22 Women and Slaves in Greek Democracy 389 Ryan K. Balot and Larissa M. Atkison
23 Women and Slaves in the Roman Republic 405 Roberta Stewart
Part XII Entertainment 429
24 Tragedy and Comedy in Greek Participatory Communities 431 Keith Sidwell
25 Tragedy and Comedy in the Roman Participatory Context 446 Shawn O’Bryhim
Part XIII Visual Culture 459
26 Art, Architecture, and Spaces in Greek Participatory Communities 461 Tonio Hölscher
27 Art, Architecture, and Space in the Roman Participatory Context 482 Ellen Perry
Part XIV Conclusion 501
28 Thinking Comparatively about Participatory Communities 503 Dean Hammer
Index 521