That Tyrant, Persuasion: How Rhetoric Shaped the Roman World

by J. E. Lendon

Book Overview

How rhetorical training influenced deeds as well as words in the Roman Empire The assassins of Julius Caesar cried out that they had killed a tyrant, and days later their colleagues in the Senate proposed rewards for this act of tyrannicide. The killers and their supporters spoke as if they were following a well-known script. They were. Their education was chiefly in rhetoric and as boys they would all have heard and given speeches on a ubiquitous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691221014
• ISBN13: 9780691221014
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"