Robert Morstein-Marx is Professor of Classics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Hegemony to Empire: The Development of the Roman Imperium in the Greek East, 149-62 B.C. (1995).

Review of the hardback: 'This study makes a serious contribution to the continuing debate on the nature of Roman politics … This is a book for scholars and teachers … there is much valuable information and insight in the book … CUP exhibits its customary impeccable standard of production.' The Journal of Classics Teaching

• List of figures and maps; Acknowledgements; Note on translations; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Setting the stage; 3. Civic knowledge; 4. The voice of the people; 5. Debate; 6. Contional ideology: the invisible 'optimate'; 7. Contional ideology: the political drama; 8. Conclusion; References; Index.

Robert Morstein-Marx is Professor of Classics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Hegemony to Empire: The Development of the Roman Imperium in the Greek East, 149-62 B.C. (1995).

Review of the hardback: 'This study makes a serious contribution to the continuing debate on the nature of Roman politics … This is a book for scholars and teachers … there is much valuable information and insight in the book … CUP exhibits its customary impeccable standard of production.' The Journal of Classics Teaching

• List of figures and maps; Acknowledgements; Note on translations; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Setting the stage; 3. Civic knowledge; 4. The voice of the people; 5. Debate; 6. Contional ideology: the invisible 'optimate'; 7. Contional ideology: the political drama; 8. Conclusion; References; Index.

Robert Morstein-Marx is Professor of Classics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Hegemony to Empire: The Development of the Roman Imperium in the Greek East, 149-62 B.C. (1995).

Review of the hardback: 'This study makes a serious contribution to the continuing debate on the nature of Roman politics … This is a book for scholars and teachers … there is much valuable information and insight in the book … CUP exhibits its customary impeccable standard of production.' The Journal of Classics Teaching

• List of figures and maps; Acknowledgements; Note on translations; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Setting the stage; 3. Civic knowledge; 4. The voice of the people; 5. Debate; 6. Contional ideology: the invisible 'optimate'; 7. Contional ideology: the political drama; 8. Conclusion; References; Index.