Politics In Caesar: Prostitute's Control On Politics

“You sold your soul to save your boyfriends life and how does that creep repay you ?” He tries to regulate your job with new laws. Prostitutes were able to affect politics through the men they serviced. Politics tried to regulate prostitution in order to limit their control on politics. War was the reason for the increasing control prostitutes had on politics and the senates need to control prostitution increased because of war.

Prostitutes sway over politics was stronger than any woman in the Roman republic because they were allowed to discuss with their clients. Prostitute’s position with citizens distinctly helped them, Prostitutes potentially had the ability to control politics if they could get enough voters or a stronger leader prostitutes

Catullus 2 gives insight to how the senate was viewed,” all the talk of crabbed old men .” What this quote explores is that these men were negatively affecting people. They were disconnected with the people of Rome. The people of Rome did not feel connected to the Senate and when they do not feel connected to the senate they do not listen to the senate. The Senate in turn then tries to regulate more and control more in Rome, like they did with the prostitutes. The Senate had less control over the public, thus they needed to take control away from another power, a prostitute. It appears that the government was also disconnected from the people at this point. Laws being changed suggest that these ideas were true. This poem also shows that if the senate was disconnected from the people new ideas would not have been accepted, or the idea that a man discussed this with a prostitute. The senate also would not have been open to an adulterous relationship, which is seen in the laws that the senate was

The Roman prostitutes had large influence over politics on the Roman Republic in down time of the war effort, it was at these points that the senate decided to regulate and control their prostitutes. The Senate was becoming disconnected from the Republic and their regulation of prostitutes expresses that. The sway of these women over powerful men would have worried other men. War was the main factor that affected both of these problems in the Roman Republic. When the War was going on the prostitutes were less powerful because they were servicing soldiers, not elite senate members. Prostitution was less controlled when the State was strong and when Rome had the money to go to war. Prostitution was controlled when the state was weak, particularly the Senate. Prostitution had the greatest impact on politic when they were weak. The ability to sway the Roman republic was the biggest fear of the senate, and the laws started to get stricter as Prostitutes were having stronger pulls on the Roman Republic. Prostitutes had a small pull when Rome was strong they but were not able to influence matters as strongly. At times the pull was enough to cause problems and war, but nothing Rome could not work through. When Rome had less money less and stability did these laws become more controlling. It would also make less sense to control prostitution in war time because soldiers