Competition and Corruption: Sodalicia in Late Republican Rome

IF 0.2 Q2 HISTORY
Sema Karataș
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Roman Republican elections especially during the Late Republic were a ubiquitous phenomenon. The small number of higher magistracies in comparison to the growing number of eligible candidates often led to a fierce competition within the political elite. To secure a win, competitors running for office made use of a whole spectrum of methods which often overstepped the legal and moral boundaries and eventually resulted in legal measures. The lex Licinia de sodaliciis enacted in 55 BCE is one of these measures. This article studies the lex by raising questions about its historic background, its target – electoral misconduct by organising sodalicia that is political associations within the voting districts – the trials conducted under the law, the effect associations had on Roman politics, and the Senate’s effort to regulate them thorough legislation.
竞争与腐败:共和晚期罗马的索达利西亚
罗马共和国选举是一种普遍现象,尤其是在共和国晚期。与越来越多的合格候选人相比,高级行政官的数量较少,这往往导致政治精英内部的激烈竞争。为了确保胜出,竞选者使用了各种方法,这些方法往往超越了法律和道德的界限,最终导致法律措施的出台。公元前 55 年颁布的 Licinia de sodaliciis 法就是其中之一。本文通过对该法的历史背景、其目标--通过在投票区内组织政治协会(sodalicia)的不当选举行为--根据该法进行的审判、协会对罗马政治的影响以及元老院通过立法对其进行规范的努力等方面提出问题,对其进行研究。
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