Republicanism, rhetoric, and Roman political thought : Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus

Republicanism, Rhetoric, And Roman Political Thought Develops Readings Of Rome's Three Most Important Latin Historians - Sallust, Livy, And Tacitus - In Light Of Contemporary Discussions Of Republicanism And Rhetoric. Drawing On Recent Scholarship As Well As Other Classical Writers And Later Political Thinkers, This Book Develops Interpretations Of The Three Historians' Writings Centering On Their Treatments Of Liberty, Rhetoric, And Social And Political Conflict. Sallust Is Interpreted As An Antagonistic Republican, For Whom Elite Conflict Serves As An Outlet And Channel For The Antagonisms Of Political Life. Livy Is Interpreted As A Consensualist Republican, For Whom Character And Its Observation Helps To Maintain The Body Politic. Tacitus Is Interpreted As Being Centrally Concerned With The Development Of Prudence And As A Subtle Critic Of Imperial Rule-- Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Introduction; 2. An Ambiguous Republican: Sallust On Fear, Conflict, And Community; 3. Channeling Conflict Through Antagonistic Rhetoric In The War With Catiline; 4. Exemplarity And Goodwill In Livy's From The Founding Of Rome; 5. Tacitus On Great Men, Bad Rulers, And Prudence; 6. Tacitus' Moral Histories; Epilogue. Daniel J. Kapust. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought develops readings of Rome's three most important Latin historians - Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus - in light of contemporary discussions of republicanism and rhetoric. Drawing on recent scholarship as well as other classical writers and later political thinkers, this book develops interpretations of the three historians' writings centering on their treatments of liberty, rhetoric, and social and political conflict. Sallust is interpreted as an antagonistic republican, for whom elite conflict serves as an outlet and channel for the antagonisms of political life. Livy is interpreted as a consensualist republican, for whom character and its observation helps to maintain the body politic. Tacitus is interpreted as being centrally concerned with the development of prudence and as a subtle critic of imperial rule"-- Provided by publisher "Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought develops readings of Rome's three most important Latin historians - Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus - in light of contemporary discussions of republicanism and rhetoric. Drawing on recent scholarship as well as other classical writers and later political thinkers, this book develops interpretations of the three historians' writings centering on their treatments of liberty, rhetoric, and social and political conflict. Sallust is interpreted as an antagonistic republican, for whom elite conflict serves as an outlet and channel for the antagonisms of political life. Livy is interpreted as a consensualist republican, for whom character and its observation helps to maintain the body politic. Tacitus is interpreted as being centrally concerned with the development of prudence and as a subtle critic of imperial rule"-- Résumé de l'éditeur This book develops readings of Rome's historians Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus in light of contemporary discussions of republicanism and rhetoric. Daniel J. Kapust is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at The University of Georgia. He is the author of several published or forthcoming articles and book chapters on Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, Cicero, Machiavelli, Hobbes, political fear, and Hayek. Professor Kapust received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in political science. Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought develops readings of Sallust, Livy and Tacitus in light of contemporary discussions of republicanism and rhetoric. Drawing on recent scholarship and other classical writers and later political thinkers, this book interprets the three historians' treatments of liberty, rhetoric, and social and political conflict.