PER RI-PENSARE GIURIDICAMENTE LE “CITTÀ” E, QUINDI, L' “IMPERO”: I “CONCILI PROVINCIALI”
ABOUT LEGAL RECONSIDERATION OF CITIES AND THEREFORE OF EMPIRE: CITY ASSEMBLIES IN PROVINCES OF ROMAN EMPIRE

Summary/Abstract: In dealing with this topic, the author divides the paper into three parts. In the first part of the article, the author deals with issues from the emergence of cities (ad urbe condita) to the emergence of the empire. In this part, the author explores the following topics: a) From the expulsion of kings and Justinian's era, the Romans think and act democratically; b) Democracy is only possible in a small society/city; c) The problem caused by "growth" and Roman solution; d) A voluntary system (a technique of "democratic" participation) as a solution; e) Solution: Empire as "Confederation" of cities. In the second part of the paper, the author draws attention to the development of local self-government units and the state's relations with these units. In this context, the author addresses the following questions: a) The nature of "government" and the great "force" of the imperial power; b) Two dimensions of the ("sovereign") power of citizens, inside and outside cities; c) Necessary reciprocity of these dimensions; d) Imperial growth of cities/municipalities.In the third part of the paper, the author elaborates on the central topic of this paper dealing with the organization of city assemblies in the provinces of the Roman Empire.

• Details
• Contents