Deaths of the republic, the: imagery of the body politic in ciceronian rome
Auteur :
Walters, Brian
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198839576
Date de publication :
3 mars 2020
Dimensions :
22,3 x 14,7 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
350 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.