Representative Government in Greek and Roman History

Representative Government in Greek and Roman History by J. A. O. Larsen offers a sweeping examination of how ancient political systems experimented with and resisted representative structures. Drawing on over thirty years of research, Larsen challenges the conventional view that Greek and Roman governance was wholly bound to direct democracy or oligarchic rule. Beginning with the Athenian boule and moving through federal leagues, Hellenistic states, and Roman provincial assemblies, he trace...