How to Win a Roman Election

Cicero is remembered as Rome's greatest politician, but the truth is no one does it alone. Though a skilled orator and statesman, Cicero was backed by figures including his brother Quintus, friend Atticus and slave Tiro who helped him climb the ladder of offices despite his status as a "New Man" without consular ancestry. This documentary looks at Roman law, politics and elections through the lens of Quintus Cicero's Commentariolum Petitionis - a guidebook on how to master Roman elections and the oftentimes deadly world of politics in the late republic. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @tribunatespqr   00:00 - Roman Politics and Elections 03:26 - Class, Ideology and Elite Behavior 06:21 - Cicero's Campaign for the Consulship 11:20 - Ambition and the Chaotic Politics of the Late Republic 15:50 - To the Bloody End Related Content: How Secret Ballots Changed Roman Elections Forever -    • How Secret Ballots Changed Roman Elections...   Cicero and Clodius: Best of Enemies -    • Cicero and Clodius: Best of Enemies   Exploitation and the End of the Roman Republic -    • The Price of Power: Exploitation and the E...   Ancient Sources: On Running for the Consulship (Commentariolum Petitionis) - Q. Cicero Life of Cicero - Plutarch Jugurthine War, Catiline's War - Sallust Modern Sources: Campaign Rhetoric - W. Jeffery Tatum (From Community and Communication: Oratory & Politics in Republican Rome Ed. Catherine Steel & Henriette van der Blom) Public Opinion and Politics in the Late Roman Republic - Cristina Rosillio-Lopez Politics in the Roman Republic - Henrik Mouritsen Informal Norms, Values, and Social Control in the Roman Participatory Context - Valentina Arena Support us on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/tribunate... Branding and design by Kate Hillstead: katehillstead.com Host sculpture portraits by Daisydewdles: instagram.com/daisydewdles #spqr #history #election