E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten
Schneider Cicero 'Haruspex'
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3575-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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Political Prognostication and the Viscera of a Deceased Body Politic
E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten
Reihe: Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3575-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This monograph explores Marcus Tullius Cicero's awareness and interpretation of contemporary political events as reflected in his private correspondence during the last years of both the Roman republic and his own life. Cicero's correspondence gives a detailed view of current political events in Rome and constitutes, together with Caesar's writings, our major contemporary evidence for the circumstances of the civil war of 49 BC. The theoretical input of Cicero's predecessors, their perceptions of constitutional development (in particular of Roman politics) as well as Cicero's perception of their political theories are scrutinized to determine the extent of Cicero's awareness of a larger pattern of political events.
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- Acknowledgements (page 5)
- Prospectus (page 7)
- Preface (page 11)
- I. Origines (page 13)
- 1. Introduction (page 15)
- 1.1 Exordium (page 15)
- 1.2 Titulum (page 21)
- 1.3 Dispositio (page 26)
- 2. Overview of Scholarship (page 29)
- 2.1 General and Biographical Studies (page 29)
- 2.2 Cicero as Political Philosopher (page 33)
- 2.3 Practical Politics (page 36)
- 2.4 Key Concepts (page 38)
- 2.5 Cicero's Views on Tyrannicide (page 39)
- 2.6 Manner and Style (page 39)
- 2.7 On the Correspondence (page 41)
- 3. Historical Overview (page 43)
- 4. The Evidence (page 49)
- 4.1 Cicero as Primary Sources (page 49)
- 4.2 Caesar's Commentarii vs Cicero's Correspondence (page 52)
- 5. Philosophy and Politics (page 57)
- 5.1 Roman Exposure to Philosophy in the Second and First Centuries BC (page 57)
- 5.2 Cicero's Philosophical Background (page 60)
- 5.3 Cicero's Affiliation with the Sceptical New Academy (page 62)
- 6. The Roman Concept of Decline (page 71)
- 6.1 Polybius and the Cyclic Pattern of Constitutional Change and Decline (page 71)
- 6.2 The Roman Conscept of Decline, Discord and Refoundation (page 79)
- 7. Theory and Practice vs Practice and Theory (page 85)
- 7.1 Rulers vs Philosophers: The Greek Ideal of the Ruler as Benefactor (page 86)
- 7.2 Roman Adaptaion: Description, No Prescription (page 88)
- 7.3 Cicero's Attempt at a Compromise (page 91)
- II. Mediis In Rebus (page 95)
- 8. Cicero's Period of Governorship in Cilicia (page 97)
- 8.1 Caelius, Cicero and Milo: 'Homines Magni' 52 BC (page 97)
- 8.2 Political Acumen of Caelius (page 103)
- 8.3 'Meri Terrores Caesarini': The Vision Sharpens (page 113)
- 9. Close Encounters (page 117)
- 9.1 'Ille Noster Amicus': Cicero's Appraisal of Pompeius (page 117)
- 9.2 Caesar's Ascendancy (page 138)
- 9.2.1 'Voces tristificas' (page 138)
- 9.2.2 'Hanc tristitiam temporum' (page 145)
- 10. And so the End Draws Near (page 163)
- 10.1 Cicero's Philosophical Works: The Negotium of a Statesman (page 163)
- 10.2 Cicero: Igitur, Coniectura prospiciens (page 168)
- III. Exitus (page 183)
- 11. 'Non Multo, Inquam, Secus Possum Vaticinari' (page 185)
- 12. Conspectus (page 205)
- 13. Epilogue (page 217)
- Bibliography (page 223)
- Index Rerum (page 245)
- Index Locorum (page 255)
