BookCicero's role models : the political strategy of a newcomer
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Main title
- Cicero's role models : the political strategy of a newcomer / Henriette van der Blom.
Published/Created
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.
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Description
- xi, 388 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN
- 9780199582938 (hbk.)
- 0199582939 (hbk.)
LC classification
- DG260.C5 B56 2010
Contents
- Mos, maiores, and historical exempla in Roman culture and society -- Mos, maiores, and historical exempla in Cicero -- Cicero's background and education -- Nobilis and homo novus -- Definitions of historical exemplum and personal exemplum -- The nature and functions of historical exempla. Creation of historical exempla ; The choice of historical exempla ; The problem of credibility ; The importance of genre -- Cicero's alternative claims to ancestry. Great Romans as general exempla for all Romans ; Homines novi as exempla ; Personal exempla -- Cicero's use of personal exempla. An aspiring new man ; The homo novus consul ; Exile and triumphant recall ; The orator-statesman outside politics ; In the mould of Scaevola : Cicero in Cilicia ; The response of an intellectual ; A living exemplum -- Cicero's roles as an exemplum -- An exemplum and teacher to the younger generation ; A family exemplum.
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Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [342]-372) and index.
Series
- Oxford classical monographs
- Oxford classical monographs.
LCCN
- 2010927209
Dewey class no.
- 937.05092
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National bib no.
- GBB042150
National bib agency no.
- 015515342
Other system no.
- (OCoLC)ocn573152460
Type of material
- Book
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