Personal Enmity in Roman Politics (Routledge Revivals)

This study, first published in 1987, explores how personal hatred – ‘inimicitia’ – could arise and how it was often central in the formation of political factions. In particular, groups opposing such powerful figures as Pompey and Caesar might be united by nothing more than common hatred of the individual. An important feature too was the criminal trial, because of the highly personal nature of the Roman adversary system at the time.