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Community and communication : oratory and politics in republican Rome / edited by Catherine Steel and Henriette van der Blom.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Steel, Catherine.
- Oratory and politics in the Roman Republic, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- Oratory and politics in the Roman Republic (2010 : University of Oxford)
- Oratory and politics in the Roman Republic
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oratory, Ancient--Political aspects.
- Oratory, Ancient.
- Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (414 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title brings together contributions which rethink the role of public speech in the Roman Republic. With careful attention to a range of evidence, it shines a light on orators and considers the oratory of diplomatic exchanges and impromptu heckling and repartee alongside the familiar genres of forensic and political speech.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Citizens, speech, and the Roman res publica
- pt. 2. Strategy and tactics in public speech
- pt. 3. Judgements and criticisms
- pt. 4. Romans and non-Romans
- pt. 5. Cicero's rivals.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 20, 2012).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-84839-2
- 0-19-163656-8
- OCLC:
- 922971581
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