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Republicanism, rhetoric, and Roman political thought : Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus /
"Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought develops readings of Rome's three most important Latin historians - Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus - in light of contemporary discussions of republicanism and rhetoric. Drawing on recent scholarship as well as other classical writers and la...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought develops readings of Rome's three most important Latin historians - Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus - in light of contemporary discussions of republicanism and rhetoric. Drawing on recent scholarship as well as other classical writers and later political thinkers, this book develops interpretations of the three historians' writings centering on their treatments of liberty, rhetoric, and social and political conflict. Sallust is interpreted as an antagonistic republican, for whom elite conflict serves as an outlet and channel for the antagonisms of political life. Livy is interpreted as a consensualist republican, for whom character and its observation helps to maintain the body politic. Tacitus is interpreted as being centrally concerned with the development of prudence and as a subtle critic of imperial rule"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 196 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511993329 0511993323 9780511976483 0511976488 9781107425279 1107425271 0511994516 9780511994517 1107219892 9781107219892 1283012065 9781283012065 9786613012067 6613012068 0511992289 9780511992285 0511989520 9780511989520 0511987706 9780511987700 0511991312 9780511991318 |