Firmarent velut foedus (Tac. Ann. 6.30): Prolegomenon to the Language of Compromise in Rome.
Compromise, a consensual settlement of differences achieved by mutual concessions, is a fundamental concept in politics. Underlining primarily the legal aspects of compromise, Latin vocabulary lacks an appropriate term to denote political compromises in the sense outlined above. Nevertheless, in Rom...
| Publicado en: | Scripta Classica Israelica Vol. 44; pp. 33 - 57 |
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Israeli Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies
2025
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