The deaths of the republic : imagery of the body politic in Ciceronian Rome /

That the Roman republic died is a commonplace often repeated. This volume examines the body-political imagery used by Roman orators and authors of the first century BCE to express this notion, with particular emphasis on such imagery as a tool of persuasion and the impact which it exerted on Roman p...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Walters, Brian (Classicist)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Ausgabe:
New product edition.
Zusammenfassung:
That the Roman republic died is a commonplace often repeated. This volume examines the body-political imagery used by Roman orators and authors of the first century BCE to express this notion, with particular emphasis on such imagery as a tool of persuasion and the impact which it exerted on Roman politics of the period.
Umfang:
1 online resource (175 pages)
Anmerkungen:
This edition also issued in print: 2020.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-257595-3
0-19-187545-7
0-19-257594-5
Schlagworte:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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