On the occasion of the publication of the book Corrupta Roma, by Dr. Pedro Ángel Fernández-Vega, the Museum is organising a round table discussion that will offer a portrait of corruption in ancient Rome and the mechanisms that dealt with it. Bribes, influence peddling, misappropriation, electoral scuffles between political factions, elections won with votes bought in the circus, trials of dubious impartiality… Woven into networks of patronage that linked business groups with the political class, corruption emerged in the form of scandals, as it became endemic in the system. “Those who steal from a private individual spend their lives between handcuffs and shackles; those who steal from the state, between gold and purple” (Marcus Porcius Cato).

Collection: Multimedia

Project: 5. Power and powers in the history of Europe: oligarchies, political participation and democracy.

Chronology: -

Scope: Secondary Education

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9OyR6lPLNU

Resource type: Video

Format: Multimedia

Owner: Arqueological National Museum of Spain (MAN) (Modernalia)

Abstract: On the occasion of the publication of the book Corrupta Roma, by Dr. Pedro Ángel Fernández-Vega, the Museum is organising a round table discussion that will offer a portrait of corruption in ancient Rome and the mechanisms that dealt with it. Bribes, influence peddling, misappropriation, electoral scuffles between political factions, elections won with votes bought in the circus, trials of dubious impartiality... Woven into networks of patronage that linked business groups with the political class, corruption emerged in the form of scandals, as it became endemic in the system. "Those who steal from a private individual spend their lives between handcuffs and shackles; those who steal from the state, between gold and purple" (Marcus Porcius Cato).