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Community and communication : oratory and politics in republican Rome /

This title brings together contributions which rethink the role of public speech in the Roman Republic. With careful attention to a range of evidence, it shines a light on orators and considers the oratory of diplomatic exchanges and impromptu heckling and repartee alongside the familiar genres of f...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Steel, C. E. W., Blom, Henriette van der
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Citizens, Speech, and the Roman Res Publica""; ""1. Friends, Romans, Countrymen: Addressing the Roman People and the Rhetoric of Inclusion""; ""2. â€?Cultural Hegemonyâ€? and the Communicative Power of the Roman Elite""; ""3. Feeding the Plebs with Words: The Signi.cance of Senatorial Public Oratory in the Small World of Roman Politics""; ""4. From Meeting to Text: The Contio in the Late Republic""; ""Part II: Strategy and Tactics in Public Speech""
  • 5. Beyond the Contio: Political Communication in the Tribunate of Tiberius Gracchus6. Speech, Competition, and Collaboration: Tribunician Politics and the Development of Popular Ideology
  • 7. Publius Clodius and the Boundaries of the Contio
  • 8. Campaign Rhetoric
  • 9. Pompeius, Helvius Mancia, and the Politics of Public Debate
  • Part III: Judgements and Criticisms
  • 10. The Bad Orator: Between Clumsy Delivery and Political Danger
  • 11. The Orator and His Audience: The Rhetorical Perspective in the Art of Deliberation
  • ""12. Cicero and the Politics of Ambiguity: Interpreting the Pro Marcello""""Part IV: Romans and Non-Romans""; ""13. The Roman Ambassadorâ€?s Speech: Public Oratory on the Diplomatic Stage""; ""14. Foreign Eloquence in the Roman Senate""; ""15. Provincials, patrons, and the rhetoric of repetundae""; ""Part V: Ciceroâ€?s Rivals""; ""16. The Common (Mediocris) Orator of the Late Republic: The Scribonii Curiones""; ""17. Fragmentary Speeches: The Oratory and Political Career of Piso Caesoninus""; ""18. Marcus Junius Brutus the Orator: Between Philosophy and Rhetoric""
  • 19. Antonius, Triumvir and Orator: Career, Style, and EffectivenessBibliography
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