The Body Politic in Roman Political Thought
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How did Roman writers use the metaphor of the body politic to respond to the downfall of the Republic? In this book, Julia Mebane begins with the Catilinarian Conspiracy in 63 BCE, when Cicero and Catiline proposed two rival models of statesmanship on the senate floor: the civic healer and the head of state. Over the next century, these two paradigms of authority were used to confront the establishment of sole rule in the Roman world. Tracing their Imperial afterlives allows us to see how Romans came to terms with autocracy without ever naming it as such. In identifying metaphor as an important avenue of political thought, the book makes a significant contribution to the history of ideas. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
About the Author
JULIA MEBANE is an assistant professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington.
| Author | Julia Mebane |
| ISBN-13 | 9781009389303 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication Date | 02/08/2024 |
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