The World of Cicero’s pro Flacco
Rhetoric, Politics and Society in the Late Roman Republic
The World of Cicero’s pro Flacco
Rhetoric, Politics and Society in the Late Roman Republic
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Description
Providing an historical study of Cicero's speech pro Flacco, this book grounds the text in its Roman political context and analyses the evidence for Roman rule, local agency and provincial society. In late summer 59 BCE, M. Tullius Cicero defended L. Valerius Flaccus, the returned governor of 'Asia', against the charge of extortion levelled by the inhabitants of the province – the latest in a litany of embassies, prosecutions and complaints of mismanagement which had begun in the earliest years of Roman administration.
Despite being the longest defence speech in the Ciceronian corpus, it remains one of most overlooked texts with most commentaries focusing mainly on its literary aspects rather than the historical context. Yet this speech provides an unmatched opportunity to pursue an integrated analysis of text grounded in historical context both at Rome and in province. This book provides a nuanced understanding of these crucial developments through detailed study of this significant text from a Roman and a provincial perspective.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Politics, friendship and the repetundae court at Rome
2. The politics of pro Flacco: Cicero and Catilina
3. The government of empire: Extortion, expectations, and practice
4. Civic society and local agency: Asia in pro Flacco
5. Diasporas, mobility, and social change in the province of Asia
6. Rhetorics of res publica and empire in pro Flacco
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 13 May 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781350499249 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 4 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Bloomsbury Ancient Politics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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