Ebook: Human Rights in Ancient Rome

Cover; HUMAN RIGHTS IN ANCIENT ROME; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 'Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto'; The meaning of 'human rights'; Questions of terminology; The enforcement of human rights; Structure and scope; Evaluation; 2 HUMAN RIGHTS: THE GREEK EXPERIENCE; Preamble: the meaning of philanthropia; Philanthropia: the Athenian model; Philanthropic, the defining moments; The Hellenistic period; Evaluation; 3 HUMANITAS ROMANA; Preamble: the meanings of humanitas; The concept of humanitas Romana; Humanitas Romana: a first appraisal; The role of Panaetius.;The concept of human rights has a long history. Its practical origins, as distinct from its theoretical antecedents, are said to be comparatively recent, going back no further than the American and French Bills of Rights of the eighteenth century. Even those landmarks are seen as little more than the precursors of the twentieth century starting-point - the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948. In this unique and stimulating book, Richard Bauman investigates the concept of human rights in the Roman world. He arg.