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Cicero, Leader of the Republic
Exemplary Statesmanship in Roman Historiography
Series: - Historiography of Rome and Its Empire, Volume: 22
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Livy famously stated that Cicero bore none of his misfortunes with dignity except his death. Modern scholarship usually adopts the ancient view that the Roman orator was a tremendously successful orator, but a failed political leader. This book re-evaluates the meaning of ancient descriptions of Ciceroâs public career in the context of the Roman discourse about exemplary statesmanship. This analysis shows that for Roman historiographers from Sallust to Cassius Dio, Cicero was in fact one of the most exemplary politicians of his time. The stories about Ciceroâs public words and deeds became an intrinsic part of the historical reconstruction of the collapse of the Roman Republic.
Leanne Jansen, Ph.D (2022), is an assistant professor at the department of Classics, University of Groningen. Her research focuses on ancient rhetoric, commemorative culture in the Roman Empire, and processes of reception in and after antiquity.
Academic institutes, academic libraries, instructors and students of Classics and Ancient History, instructors and students of political ethics, specialists in Cicero, specialists in history of Roman Republic, specialists in ancient historiography.