@inbook{e428790f487f471983a925ed92d43f88,
title = "133 BCE: politics in a time of challenge and crisis",
abstract = "The year 133 is often regarded by both ancient and modern commentators as a violent turning point in Republican political history. It also provides a vivid illustration of the political process in play: the opportunities afforded by a system without a written constitution and the ways the political elite dealt with the challenges invited by this elasticity. The political year began on 10 December 134, with the installation of the new college of tribunes of the plebs. This chapter focuses on the politics of personality; but it would be a mistake to ignore the politics of ideology and the causes which had, according to Roman annals, divided the Roman community since the advent of the Republic. The situation in which the Roman community found itself in the 130s called for strong government. The Roman constituency appreciated the personal element of the spectacle – and, in this case were reawakened to the politics of class",
keywords = "Politics of ideology, Politics of personality, Republican political history, Roman community, Roman constituency",
author = "Beness, {J. Lea} and Tom Hillard",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1002/9781119673675.ch38",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781444339659",
series = "Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley",
pages = "537--554",
editor = "Valentina Arena and Jonathan Prag and Andrew Stiles",
booktitle = "A companion to the political culture of the Roman Republic",
address = "United Kingdom",
}