Tacitus' history of politically effective speech : truth to power /

This study examines how Tacitus' representation of speech determines the roles of speakers within the political sphere, and explores the possibility of politically effective speech in the principate. It argues against the traditional scholarly view that Tacitus refuses to offer a positive view...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	O'Gorman, Ellen (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2020]
Subjects:	Tacitus, Cornelius. Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin > History and criticism. Oratory, Ancient. Rhetoric, Ancient. Communication in politics > Rome > History. Communication > Political aspects > Rome > History. Political culture > Rome > History.

Table of Contents:

Turpe servitium: the political world of flattery
Pro incolumitate principis / ex calamitate civium: the political world of predatory accusation
Servitium rupit: counter-speech in adulationem lapsos cohibebat de praemiis accusatorum abolendis
Existimatio vitae: the judgement of character
Narratus et traditus: the transmission of mores.