The ‘plebs contionalis’ – a perfect popular assembly participant?
The writings of Cicero refer in various ways, often critically, to citizens who participated in contiones. Contemporary researchers refer to them as plebs contionalis, coined by Christian Meier. Although this term does not occur in the sources, many historians have concluded that it perfectly descr...
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Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
2021-01-01
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| Online Access: | https://apcz.umk.pl/KLIO/article/view/31594 |
| Summary: | The writings of Cicero refer in various ways, often critically, to citizens who participated in contiones. Contemporary researchers refer to them as plebs contionalis, coined by Christian Meier. Although this term does not occur in the sources, many historians have concluded that it perfectly describes the citizens who regularly attended popular gatherings. The problem, however, is that the issues raised during the contiones were so varied, and these assemblies were held so often that it is hard to imagine that the average citizen could afford to attend them regularly. The author of the article analyses various aspects of this issue and confronts them with the views of other researchers, in order to reach a more general conclusion about the participants in these contiones.
W pismach Cycerona można znaleźć bardzo różne sformułowania, nierzadko krytyczne, odnoszące się do tych obywateli, którzy uczestniczą w contiones. Współcześni badacze określają ich mianem plebs contionalis, ukutym przez Christiana Meiera. Wprawdzie termin ten nie pojawia się w źródłach, ale wielu historyków uznało, że doskonale charakteryzuje on właśnie tych obywateli, którzy regularnie pojawiali się na zgromadzeniach ludowych. Problem polega jednak na tym, że sprawy poruszane podczas contiones były tak różne, a owe zgromadzenia odbywały sie tak często, że trudno wyobrazić sobie, by przeciętny obywatel mógł sobie pozwolić na regularne w nich uczestniczenie. Autorka artykułu analizuje różne aspekty tego zagadnienia i konfrontuje je z poglądami innych badaczy zmierzając do ogólniejszej konkluzji na temat uczestników owych contiones.
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| ISSN: | 1643-8191 2719-7476 |