Draws on archaeological evidence to reconstruct voting procedures in the assemblies

“A fast-paced narrative history of the dying years of the Republic, and one grounded in the characters, events, and voices of the period.” —Bryn Mawr Clas

A very readable introduction exploring much-contested issues and debates, and providing an original synthesis of this important topic.

For hundreds of years, the Roman people produced laws in popular assemblies attended by tens of thousands of voters to forge resolutions publicly to issues that