Cicero and the Rhetoric of Imperialism
Putting the Politics Back into Political Rhetoric
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9295609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter W Rose (0000-0001-9910-0471, Miami University, corresponding author), Peter Rose (0000-0001-8494-0902, Miami University) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 359-399 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rhetorica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-8584 • E-ISSN: 1533-8541 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rh.1995.13.4.359 |
| OpenAlex | W1988622423 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
This paper examines Cicero's relation to Roman imperialism by focusing primarily upon his speech in behalf of Pompey's special command against Mithradates (Pro lege Manilia, 66 BC) and his speech in favor of extending Caesar's command in Gaul (De provinciis consularibus, 56 BC). These two moments in which Cicero contributed substantially to the empowerment of the two great imperialist generais who destroyed the Republic suggest the need to reassess versions of Cicero's career which see film primarily in terms of domestic Roman politics and cast him as the heroic, would-be savior of the Republic. Applying a Marxist reading particularly indebted to Pierre Macherey, I try to explore the internal contradictions of the texts as pointers to the contradictions of late Republican society, contradictions which constitute the very conditions of possibility for Cicero's political participation
Art · Cicero · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Marxist philosophy · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Rhetoric · Sociology · The Republic · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence
Cicero, oratory and public life
The political impact of Cicero's speeches
Cicero during the Enlightenment
Cicero and the intellectual milieu of the late Republic
Cicero in late antiquity
Writer and addressee in Cicero's letters
Cicero's poetry
Cicero and Roman identity
Cicero's Political Personae
The law in Cicero's writings
Cicero's rhetorical theory
Cicero, tradition and performance
Nineteenth-century Ciceros
Cicero's style
Twentieth/twenty-first-century Cicero(s)
Saviour of the Republic and Father of the Fatherland
Tully's boat
Writing philosophy
Cicero
The Cambridge Companion to Cicero
The Early Roman Expansion into Italy
Cicero’s autobiography
| Citations per year | 1.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2020 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |