ROMAN CROSSINGS: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC; ED. BY KATHRYN WELCH

Eleven new essays, from an international cast, trace the development of political culture in the Roman Republic. Themes include the flourishing of civic society, as with the introduction of the Roman Games, and the emergence of a theory of politeness. How was a Roman aristocrat formed? How did the term 'Optimates' develop from the middle Republic onwards? And how, especially, did the rhetoric of Cicero reflect and adapt to the pressures of civil war in the Republic's climactic and dying years? Res Publica In Theory And Practice / T.w. Hilliard -- Origines Ludorum / T.p. Wiseman -- Optimates : An Archaeology / A.m. Stone -- The Law That Catulus Passed / Benjamin Kelly -- Priests And Politicians : Reflections On Livy And Cicero's De Domo Sua / David F.c. Thomas -- Cicero's Viri Clarissimi / Simon Whitehead -- What Caesar Said : Rhetoric And History In Sallust's Coniuratio Catilinae 51 / R.f. Tannenbaum -- Cato's Opposition To Caesar In 59 Bc / Jane Bellemore -- Cicero Fam. 16.21, Roman Politeness, And The Socialization Of Marcus Cicero The Younger / Jon Hall -- Style And Ideology In The Pro Marcello / B.a. Krostenko -- Lux And Lumena In Cicero's Rome : A Metaphor For The Res Publica And Her Leaders / Kathryn Welch. Editors, Kathryn Welch And T.w. Hillard ; Contributors, Jane Bellemore ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Cover 1 Title Page 4 Contents 6 Preface 8 1. Res Publica in Theory and Prectice 10 2. Origines Ludorum 58 3. Optimates: An Archaeology 68 4. The Law that Catulus Passed 104 5. Priests and Politicians 128 6. Cicero’s viri clarissimi 150 7. What Caesar Said 218 8. Cato’s Opposition to Caesar in 59 BC 234 9. Cicero Fam. 16,21, Roman Politeness, and The Socialization of Marcus Cicero the Younger 268 10. Style and Ideology in the Pro Marcello 288 11. Lux and Lumina in Cicero’s Rome 322 Index of Passages 348 Index of Proper Names and Subjects 350 Includes eleven essays, from an international cast that trace the development of political culture in the Roman Republic. This title covers such themes as the flourishing of civic society, as with the introduction of the Roman Games, and the emergence of a theory of politeness.