The Roman Republic of Letters: Scholarship, Philosophy, and Politics in the Age of Cicero and Caesar

by Katharina Volk

Book Overview

An intellectual history of the late Roman Republic--and the senators who fought both scholarly debates and a civil war

In The Roman Republic of Letters, Katharina Volk explores a fascinating chapter of intellectual history, focusing on the literary senators of the mid-first century BCE who came to blows over the future of Rome even as they debated philosophy, history, political theory, linguistics, science, and religion.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691193878
• ISBN13: 9780691193878
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.7"