The deaths of the republic : imagery of the body politic in Ciceronian Rome / Brian Walters.
2020
PA6029
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Title
The deaths of the republic : imagery of the body politic in Ciceronian Rome / Brian Walters.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191875458 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
PA6029
Dewey Decimal Classification
870.93561
Summary
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.
Note
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 25, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780198839576
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