![]() ![]() Kelly is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Lewis and Clark College.Ĭambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009Ī HISTORY OF EXILE IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC Gordon P. This study examines all facets of exile in the Roman Republic: its historical development, technical legal issues, the possibility of restoration, as well as the effects of exile on the lives and families of banished men. Despite its importance in the political arena, Roman exile has been a neglected topic in modern scholarship. For the majority of the Republican period, exile was not a formal legal penalty contained in statutes, although it was the practical outcome of most capital convictions. They could either remain in Rome and face possible conviction and punishment or go into voluntary exile and avoid legal sentence. When charged with a crime in Republican Rome, such men had a choice concerning their fate. ![]() A History of Exile in the Roman Republic Roman senators and equestrians were always vulnerable to prosecution for their official conduct, especially because politically motivated accusations were common. ![]()
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