Cicero, Rhetoric, and Empire

ISBN-13: 9780199248476 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 264 str.

C. E. W. Steel

Opis

This study of Cicero's political oratory and Roman imperialism in the late Republic offers new readings of neglected speeches. C.E.W. Steel examines the role and capacities of political oratory and puts Cicero's attitude to empire, with its limitations and weaknesses, in the context of wider debates among his contemporaries on the problems of empire.

Recenzje

... an enterprising book on an important topic ... Skilfully weaving historical, rhetorical, and political concerns, Steel handles a wide range of evidence with imagination and acumen.

O autorze

C.E.W. Steel is Lecturer in Classics, University of Glasgow