Mass Oratory and Political Power in the Late Roman Republic

By Robert Morstein-Marx

Book Overview

Examining how public political discourse influenced the distribution of power between the Senate and people in the Late Roman Republic (133-42 BC), this work analyzes comprehensively the ideology of Republican mass oratory. Robert Morstein-Marx analyzes it within the institutional, historical and physical contexts of the public meetings in which these speeches were heard. Morstein-Marx emphasizes the perpetual negotiation and reproduction of power through communication.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521066786
• ISBN13: 9780521066785
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"