Philosophia togata. I, Essays on philosophy and Roman society

The mutual interaction of philosophy and Roman political and cultural life has aroused more and more interest in recent years among students of classical literature, Roman history, and ancient philosophy. In this volume, which gathers together some of the papers originally delivered at the seminar on Philosophy and Roman Society in the University of Oxford, scholars from all three disciplines investigate this interaction in the late Republic and early Empire, with particular emphasis on the first century BC which can be seen as the formative period. The book contains chapters on such key figures as Posidonius, Antiochus of Ascalon, Philodemus, Lucretius, Cicero, and Plutarch, as well as general essays on `Philosophy, Politics, and Politicians at Rome', and `Roman Rulers and the Philosophic Adviser'. There is also an analytical bibliography.

In recent years, the mutual interaction between philosophy and Roman political and cultural life has aroused much interest. In this collection of papers, originally delivered at the seminar on Philosophy and Roman Society at the University of Oxford, scholars from several disciplines investigate this interaction in the late Republic and early Empire, with particular emphasis on the formative period of the first century B.C. The book presents chapters on key digures such as Posidonius, Antiochus of Ascalon, Philodemus, Lucretius, Cicero, and Plutarch, as well as general essays on "Philosophy, Politics, and Politicians at Rome", and "Roman Rulers and the Philosophic Adviser," with contributions from Julia Annas, P.A. Brunt, David Sedley, and others.

Philosophy, politics, and politicians at Rome / Miriam Griffin Posidonius as philosopher-historian / I.G. Kidd Antiochus of Ascalon / Jonathan Barnes Philosophical allegiance in the Greco-Roman world / David Sedley Lucretius and politics / D.P. Fowler Cicero on Stoic moral philosophy and private property / Julia Annas Philosophy and religion in the late republic / P.A. Brunt Plutarch: Roman heroes and Greek culture / Christopher Pelling Roman rulers and the philosophic adviser / Elizabeth Rawson In this volume scholars from all three disciplines investigate the interaction of philosophy and Roman political and cultural life in the late Republic and early Empire, with particular emphasis on the first century BC which can be seen as the formative period.