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History after liberty : Tacitus on tyrants, sycophants, and republicans / Thomas E. Strunk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strunk, Tom, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tacitus, Cornelius--Political and social views.
- Tacitus, Cornelius.
- Liberty.
- Despotism.
- Republicanism.
- Rome--Politics and government--30 B.C.-284 A.D.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Roman historian Tacitus wrote a damning critique of the first century CE Roman empire.The emperors in Tacitus' works are almost universally tyrants surrounded by flatterers and informants, and the image Tacitus creates is of a society that has lost the liberty enjoyed under the Roman Republic.
- Contents:
- Introduction: history after libertas
- Libertas and the political thought of Tacitus
- The principate and the corruption and restoration of military libertas
- The corruption and restoration of libertas senatoria
- The corruption and restoration of libertas as freedom of speech and expression
- A historian after libertas
- Epilogue: our Tacitus.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-202) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 0-472-12247-9
- OCLC:
- 966457655
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.9202428
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