The end of local magistrates in the Roman Empire

Previous studies of the status of local magistrates in the Late Empire are unsatisfying and fail to explain when and why local magistracies ended. With the aid of legal, epigraphic, papyrological and literary sources, the author re-examines the functions and chronology of both regular and quasi-magi...

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Published in:Gerión
Main Author: Leonard A. Curchin
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Ediciones Complutense 2014-12-01
Subjects:
administración romana
bajo imperio romano
ciudades romanas
cursus honorum
gobierno romano
magistrados romanos.
Online Access:http://revistasculturales.ucm.es/index.php/GERI/article/view/46676
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Summary:Previous studies of the status of local magistrates in the Late Empire are unsatisfying and fail to explain when and why local magistracies ended. With the aid of legal, epigraphic, papyrological and literary sources, the author re-examines the functions and chronology of both regular and quasi-magistrates, among them the <em>curator</em>, <em>defensor </em>and <em>pater civitatis.</em> He finds that the expense of office-holding was only part of the reason for the extinction of regular magistracies. More critical was the failure of local magistrates to control finances and protect the plebeians.
ISSN:0213-0181
1988-3080

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