The Roman Republic as Polybius’ and Cicero’s Model for the Mixed Regime.
Keywords:
Roman Republic, Mixed Regime, Mixed Government, Polybius, CiceroAbstract
This research article aims to argue two points. The first one is that the idea of the mixed constitution in the classical period was not unified. Instead, it contains internal debates that lead to two traditions on the mixed constitution which can be termed the Plato-Aristotelian tradition and the Polybian tradition, respectively. The second point of this article is that the differences between Polybian and Ciceronian frameworks on the Roman political institutions are, in fact, complementary components. In other words, a viable mixed constitution needs political harmony between different social forces and political institutions that can manage conflicts and the self-interest of political factions.
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