02805nam 2200577 a 450 99620968370331620170816114853.01-281-97859-097866119785940-19-156750-7(CKB)1000000000557342(EBL)729026(OCoLC)328101074(SSID)ssj0000089257(PQKBManifestationID)11111145(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089257(PQKBWorkID)10088927(PQKB)11460679(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073615(MiAaPQ)EBC729026(EXLCZ)99100000000055734220081128d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRemembering the Roman people[electronic resource] essays on late-Republican politics and literature /T.P. WisemanOxford Oxford University Pressc20091 online resource (282 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-171683-9 0-19-923976-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-253) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Roman History and the Ideological Vacuum; 2. The Fall and Rise of Gaius Geta; 3. Licinius Macer, Juno Moneta, and Veiovis; 4. Romulus' Rome of Equals; 5. Macaulay on Cicero; 6. Cicero and Varro; 7. Marcopolis; 8. The Political Stage; 9. The Ethics of Murder; 10. After the Ides of March; Epilogue; Bibliography; Chronological Index; Index Locorum; General IndexIn the Roman republic, only the People could pass laws, only the People could elect politicians to office, and the very word republica meant 'the People's business'. So why is it always assumed that the republic was an oligarchy? The main reason is that most of what we know about it we know from Cicero, a great man and a great writer, but also an active right-wing politician who took it for granted that what was good for a small minority of self-styled 'best people'(optimates) was good for the republic as a whole. T. P. Wiseman interprets the last century of the republic on the assumption thatLatin literatureHistory and criticismLiterature and societyRomeRomePolitics and government265-30 B.CElectronic books.Latin literatureHistory and criticism.Literature and society320.937Wiseman T. P(Timothy Peter)258429MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996209683703316Remembering the Roman people246540UNISA