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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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-58f7a317543c4595b36ee6bac64f02ac2025-08-19T20:53:17ZspaEdiciones ComplutenseGerión0213-01811988-30802014-12-0132027128710.5209/rev_GERI.2014.v32.4667644884The end of local magistrates in the Roman EmpireLeonard A. Curchin0University of Waterloo, CanadáPrevious 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.http://revistasculturales.ucm.es/index.php/GERI/article/view/46676administración romanabajo imperio romanociudades romanascursus honorumgobierno romanomagistrados romanos. |
| spellingShingle | Leonard A. Curchin The end of local magistrates in the Roman Empire administración romana bajo imperio romano ciudades romanas cursus honorum gobierno romano magistrados romanos. |
| title | The end of local magistrates in the Roman Empire |
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| title_short | The end of local magistrates in the Roman Empire |
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| topic | administración romana bajo imperio romano ciudades romanas cursus honorum gobierno romano magistrados romanos. |
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