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Rome after Sulla /

1472580605

9781472580603

1472580575

9781472580573

Rome after Sulla /

[Book]

J. Alison Rosenblitt.

New York, NY :

Bloomsbury Academic,

2019.

1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Sullan politics and the early 70s bc; Sallust's Historiae, Sulla and stability; Part One Negotiating the End of Sulla; 2 80 bc The pro Roscio Vanishes; Sulla in 80 bc: consul or tyrant?; Saying what can't be said: unfulfillable promises; 3 79 bc The Turning Tide; The exiled, the excluded and Lepidus' son, Scipio Lepidi filius; Control; Part Two Counter-revolution; 4 Urban Conflict and Etrurian Tumult Formulating 78-77 bc

9 Hostile Politics (I) Political Discourse after SullaThe construction of a hostile politics; Sallust and the political discourse of the 70s; 10 Hostile Politics (II) Sallust's Historiae; Epilogue Legitimacy and the End of the Republic; Appendix A Evidence for the Activities of M. Aemilius Lepidus, cos. 78 bc; Appendix B 'Problems' in Sallust's Speech of Lepidus; Notes; Works Cited; Index locorum; Index

Appian on 78-77 bc: a harbinger of things to comeSallust's Lepidus: like and unlike Catiline; The judgement of Livy: exile, civil war and political morality; By what name?; 5 More Than Catiline, Less Than Caesar The Politics of M. Aemilius Lepidus, cos. 78 bc; The political aims of Lepidus: the evidence; The year 78 bc; 6 After Sulla; After Lepidus; Injustice; Popular politics; Unresolved trauma; Part Three Sallust and the Political Culture of Rome after Sulla; 7 Autocracy and Stability Moving Beyond the 'Problems' of the Speech of Lepidus; 8 Dominatio and Deceit Sallust on Pompey

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Rome after Sulla examines Rome's response to the dictatorship of Sulla, concentrating on the years 80-77 BC and the immediate aftermath of Sulla's autocracy. A clear and authoritative account of the political history of this formative era is presented, uniquely piecing together a coherent narrative and unpicking the importance of these years for our broader understanding of the late Republic. Beginning in 80 BC, at the point when Sulla ceased to hold autocratic power in Rome, Rome After Sulla offers a new approach to our main source for the year 80: Cicero's Pro Roscio, a politicised speech which Cicero delivered in defence of Roscius against a charge of murder. The book proceeds to explore the election of M. Aemilius Lepidus in 79 BC for the consulship of 78 and his revolt against the Sullan system in 78-77, as well as the wider ramifications of these years and the structural pressures which affected the collapse of the Republic. Drawing on Sallust's fragmentary Historiae, as well as Cicero, Plutarch, Appian, and the Livian tradition, a portrait of Roman society struggling to come to terms with the legacy of its first civil war is drawn. Contemporaries and later writers grappled with anxieties about dangerously recurring patterns, about justice, and about the price of stability. This in-depth exploration of the sources and what they say about autocracy and stability contributes to the historical picture not only of Sulla, but also of Caesar and of Rome's move from republic to autocratic rule.

Rome after sulla.

1472580575

Sulla, Lucius Cornelius.

Sulla, Lucius Cornelius.

Dictators-- Rome.

Statesmen-- Rome.

Dictators.

HISTORY-- Ancient-- General.

Politics and government.

Statesmen.

Rome, History, Republic, 265-30 B.C.

Rome, Politics and government, 510-30 B.C.

Rome (Empire)

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Rosenblitt, J. Alison, (Jennifer Alison)

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