Oratory and Political Career in the Late Roman Republic

ISBN-13: 9781107051935 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 388 str.

Henriette Van Der Blom; Henriette Van Der Blom

Opis

Oratory and Political Career in the Late Roman Republic is a pioneering investigation into the role of oratory in Roman Republican politics.

Recenzje

'Henriette van der Blom's new monograph is an exciting and important contribution to a new wave of scholarship on Roman oratory and rhetoric. She has gathered a trove of useful information about well-known figures of the late Republic, but much of that information will be new to her readers, who know figures like Pompey, Caesar, and Antony better as military leaders than as practitioners of oratory.' Joanna Kenty, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. The Role of Oratory in Roman Politics: 1. Oratorical settings and career possibilities; 2. Other routes to political success; Part II. Themes and Oratorical Careers: 3. Tribunician oratory and family inheritance: Gaius Gracchus' political career; 4. Politics behind the scenes: Pompeius' oratory and political career; 5. The oratorical springboard: Caesar's political career; 6. The oratory and career of Piso Caesoninus; 7. Powerful profiling: Cato the Younger and the impact of self-presentation; 8. Career-making in a time of crisis: Marcus Antonius' oratory; Conclusion: towards a new Brutus; Appendix 1. Gaius Gracchus' public speeches; Appendix 2. Pompius' public speeches; Appendix 3. Caesar's public speeches; Appendix 4. Piso's public speeches; Appendix 5. Cato's public speeches; Appendix 6. Marcus Antonius' public speeches.