Policing Rome. [From: The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 74, 1984].

pp. 20-29. With dedication of the author. - From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly bumped, author's name handwritten on the cover, otherwise good and very clean. - From the text: One fundamental question is already implied in the use of the word ‘ policing A glance at the scholarly literature shows that ‘ policing ’ is used in the context of Roman history with respect to the aediles and the tresviri capitales, or as an equivalent of magisterial coercitio ; or it is applied to the vigiles, the cohortes urbanae or the cohortes praetoriae of the Principate as well as to the respective praefecti ; and, of course, to the various controlling bodies and agents of the Later Roman Empire. This is at least partly due to the fact that the fundamental nineteenth-century works reflect a usage of ‘ policing ’ which oscillates between the description of a function, i.e. securing public order, on the one hand and the designation of a specialized agency to fulfil this function on the other hand. This is due to the fact that the establishment of a specialized law-enforcement apparatus only took place during the (eighteenth and) nineteenth century. - Wikipedia: Wilfried Nippel (* 31. Januar 1950 in Wuppertal) ist ein deutscher Althistoriker. Er gilt als einer der führenden Kenner der Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Althistorie.