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Why did Clodius shut the shops? The rhetoric of mobilizing a crowd in the Late Republic

Russell, A.

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A. Russell



Abstract

When Publius Clodius ordered Rome’s tabernae to be shut for one of his meetings in 58, he was not only trying to gather a crowd by forcing tabernarii onto the street. Shutting the shops was a symbolic move alluding to the archaic iustitium and to the actions of Tiberius Gracchus. It allowed Clodius to claim both that his meeting was vital to the safety of the res publica and that he (and not Cicero) had the support of the entire Roman people, including the lowliest.

Citation

Russell, A. (2016). Why did Clodius shut the shops? The rhetoric of mobilizing a crowd in the Late Republic. Historia, 65(2), 186-210

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 12, 2015
Online Publication Date Jan 1, 2016
Publication Date Jan 1, 2016
Deposit Date Apr 12, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Historia
Print ISSN 0018-2311
Electronic ISSN 2365-3108
Publisher Franz Steiner Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 65
Issue 2
Pages 186-210
Publisher URL https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/fsv/histori/2016/00000065/00000002/art00004

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