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Body Politic in Roman Political Thought by Julia Mebane (2024, Hardcover)

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101009389297

ISBN-139781009389297

eBay Product ID (ePID)4064611136

Product Key Features

Book TitleBody Politic in Roman Political Thought

Number of Pages264 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

TopicAncient / General, General

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, History

AuthorJulia Mebane

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

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LCCN2023-046710

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23/eng/20231201

Dewey Decimal320.93701/4

Table Of ContentIntroduction; Chapter 1. The Divided Body Politic; Chapter 2. The Sick Body Politic; Chapter 3: The Augustan Transformation; Chapter 4: Julio-Claudian Consensus and Civil War; Chapter 5: Addressing Autocracy under Nero; Conclusion.

SynopsisHow did Roman Republican writers use the metaphor of the body politic to respond to the downfall of the Republic and implementation of sole rule? This book's political approach to Latin literature will appeal broadly to audiences in philology, history, and political thought., How did Roman writers use the metaphor of the body politic to respond to the downfall of the Republic? In this book, Julia Mebane begins with the Catilinarian Conspiracy in 63 BCE, when Cicero and Catiline proposed two rival models of statesmanship on the senate floor: the civic healer and the head of state. Over the next century, these two paradigms of authority were used to confront the establishment of sole rule in the Roman world. Tracing their Imperial afterlives allows us to see how Romans came to terms with autocracy without ever naming it as such. In identifying metaphor as an important avenue of political thought, the book makes a significant contribution to the history of ideas. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

LC Classification NumberJA85.2.R66M43 2024