After the daggers : politics and persuasion after the assassination of Caesar
In this thesis, I examine the nature and role of persuasion in Roman politics in the period immediately following the assassination of Caesar on the Ides of March 44 B.C. until the capture of the city of Rome by his heir Octavianus in August 43 B.C. The purpose of my thesis is to assess the extent to which persuasion played a critical role in political interactions and in the decision-making processes of those involved during this crucial period in Roman history. I do this by means of a careful discussion and analysis of a variety of different types of political interactions, both public and private. As regards the means of persuasion, I concentrate on the role and use of oratory in these political interactions. Consequently, my thesis owes much in terms of approach to the work of Millar (1998) and, more recently, Morstein-Marx (2004) on placing oratory at the centre of our understanding of how politics functioned in practice in the late Roman republic. Their studies, however, focus on the potential extent and significance of mass participation in the late Roman republican political system, and on the contio as the key locus of political interaction. In my thesis, I contribute to improving our new way of understanding
Mahy, Trevor Bryan
Rome -- History -- Republic ; 44 - 43 BC ; Rome -- Politics & government -- Republic ; 44 - 43 BC ; Persuasion (Rhetoric) ; Oratory ; Ancient ; Cicero ; Marcus Tullius ; Brutus ; Marcus Iunius ; DG268.M25 ; Cicero ; Marcus Tullius. Philippicae ; Persuasion (Rhetoric) ; Persuasion (Psychology) ; Persuasion (Psychology) ; Speeches ; addresses ; etc. ; Latin--History and criticism ; Communication in politics--Rome--History ; Public opinion--Rome ; Rome--History--Republic ; 265-30 B.C. ; Rome--History--Augustus ; 30 B.C.-14 A.D. ; Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.
After the daggers : politics and persuasion after the assassination of Caesar. In this thesis, I examine the nature and role of persuasion in Roman politics in the period immediately following the assassination of Caesar on the Ides of March 44 B.C. until the capture of the city of Rome by his heir Octavianus in August 43 B.C. The purpose of my thesis is to assess the extent to which persuasion played a critical role in political interactions and in the decision-making processes of those involved during this crucial period in Roman history. I do this by means of a careful discussion and analysis of a variety of different types of political interactions, both public and private. As regards the means of persuasion, I concentrate on the role and use of oratory in these political interactions. Consequently, my thesis owes much in terms of approach to the work of Millar (1998) and, more recently, Morstein-Marx (2004) on placing oratory at the centre of our understanding of how politics functioned in practice in the late Roman republic. Their studies, however, focus on the potential extent and significance of mass participation in the late Roman republican political system, and on the contio as the key locus of political interaction. In my thesis, I contribute to improving our new way of understanding
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