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Author:   Dr Ellen O'Gorman (Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Bristol, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9781350095496

ISBN 10:   1350095494
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   03 September 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Imperial Regimes of Truth Senatorial Business Entering the Archive Modes of Speech 1. Turpe servitium: The Political World of Flattery The Agency of adulatio The Art of adulatio Adulatio and honor 2. Pro incolumitate principis / ex calamitate civium: The Political World of Predatory Accusation Delatio, maiestas, and Distributed Agency Majesty and Harm: The World of maiestas The Speech of delatio 3. Servitium rupit: Counter-Speech in adulationem lapsos cohibebat de praemiis accusatorum abolendis The Critical Archive 4. Existimatio vitae: The Judgement of Character Emotion, Speech, and Moral Principle The Critical Archive of Character 5. Narratus et traditus: The Transmission of mores Genealogies of Practice Future Communities Conclusion: sententia Notes Bibliography Index

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Through a careful and subtle analysis of Tacitus' impressions of the Roman Senate, Ellen O'Gorman's new book provides an intriguingly heterodox case for Tacitus as a political thinker. This bold book is a must-read for scholars and students of Roman historiography. -- Eric Adler, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Maryland, USA The provocative book succeeds in many ways ... Any reader interested in Tacitean historiography and political thought, the imperial Roman senate and rhetorical and ethical power in any era will learn and benefit from this effective and powerful book. * The Classical Review *

Through a careful and subtle analysis of Tacitus' impressions of the Roman Senate, Ellen O'Gorman's new book provides an intriguingly heterodox case for Tacitus as a political thinker. This bold book is a must-read for scholars and students of Roman historiography. -- Eric Adler, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Maryland, USA

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Ellen O'Gorman is Senior Lecturer in Classics and Director of the Institute for Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition at the University of Bristol, UK.

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