Community and Communication

Oratory and Politics in Republican Rome

Autor: Catherine Steel

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Wydawca: Oxford University Press

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Community and Communication: Oratory and Politics in Republican Rome brings together nineteen intern...

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Autor

Catherine Steel

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

2013

strony

414

EAN

9780199641895

ISBN

0199641897

Enbook ID

04534249

Wydawca

Oxford University Press

Waga

766

Wymiary

165 x 240 x 27

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Community and Communication: Oratory and Politics in Republican Rome brings together nineteen international contributions which rethink the role of public speech in the Roman Republic. Speech was an integral part of decision-making in Republican Rome, and oratory was part of the education of every member of the elite. Yet no complete speech from the period by anyone other than Cicero survives, and as a result the debate on oratory, and political practice more widely, is liable to be distorted by the distinctive features of Cicero's oratorical practice. With careful attention to a wide range of ancient evidence, this volume shines a light on orators other than Cicero, and considers the oratory of diplomatic exchanges and impromptu heckling and repartee alongside the more familiar genres of forensic and political speech. In doing so, it challenges the idea that Cicero was a normative figure, and highlights the variety of career choices and speech strategies open to Roman politicians. The essays in the volume also demonstrate how unpredictable the outcomes of oratory were: politicians could try to control events by cherry-picking their audience and using tried methods of persuasion, but incompetence, bad luck, or hostile listeners were constant threats.

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