Daniel J. Kapust

Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought

Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus

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Produktbeschreibung

Develops readings of Rome's historians Sallust, Livy and Tacitus in light of contemporary discussions of republicanism and rhetoric.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 343g
• ISBN-13: 9781107425279
• ISBN-10: 1107425271
• Artikelnr.: 41455244

Autorenporträt

Daniel Kapust is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia. His articles have appeared in Political Theory, the Journal of Politics, Political Studies, the European Journal of Political Theory, History of Political Thought, and the Journal of the History of Ideas.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. An ambiguous republican: Sallust on fear, conflict, and community
3. Channeling conflict through antagonistic rhetoric in the War with Catiline
4. Exemplarity and goodwill in Livy's From the Founding of Rome
5. Tacitus on great men, bad rulers, and prudence
6. Tacitus' moral histories
Epilogue.