Rufmord in der späten römischen Republik : Charakterbezogene Diffamierungsstrategien in Ciceros Reden und Briefen / Anabelle Thurn.

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]

©2018

x, 321 pages ; 25 cm.

Philologus (Berlin, Germany). Supplemente ; Bd. 11.

In the late Roman Republic, members of the Senate aristocracy fought with each other by permanently discrediting each other's reputation (fama). Character assassination was based on the culturally specific values and social practices of the Roman elite. By systematically considering their content, Annabelle Thurn examines the functions and origins of such castigations, thereby shedding light on political communication in the late Republic.

Revision of the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Technische Universität Darmstadt, Sommersemester 2015.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-304) and indexes.

PA6320 .T48 2018

German

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