Rome after Sulla
«This volume makes an important contribution to the study of several pivotal late republican texts, and Rosenblitt’s success in re-centring Sallust and the years 80–77 in reconstructions of Sulla’s legacy is welcome.»
Journal of Roman Studies
Rome after Sulla offers a new perspective on the damaged, volatile, and conflictual political culture of the late Roman republic. The book begins with a narrative of the years immediately following the dictatorship of Sulla (80-77 BC), providing both a new reconstruction of events and original analysis of key sources including Cicero’s pro Roscio, Appian, the Livian tradition, and Sallust’s Historiae. Les mer
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The book argues that the events and the unresolved traumas of the first civil war of the Roman republic triggered profound changes in Roman political culture, to which Sallust’s magnum opus, his now-fragmentary Historiae, is our best guide. An in-depth exploration of a new, more Sallust-centred vision of the late republic contributes to the historical picture not only of the legacy of Sulla, but also of Caesar and of Rome’s move from republic to autocratic rule. The book studies a society grappling with a question broader than its own times: what is the price of stability?
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 240
- ISBN
- 9781472580580
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
«This volume makes an important contribution to the study of several pivotal late republican texts, and Rosenblitt’s success in re-centring Sallust and the years 80–77 in reconstructions of Sulla’s legacy is welcome.»
Journal of Roman Studies
«A thought-provoking voice in the discussion over the period of the 80’s and the 70’s of the first century BCE, and an interesting interpretation of Sallustius’ Historiae, which is of major importance to the historical times discussed.»
Electrum: Journal of Ancient History
«Rosenblitt's book is a useful contribution to reflection and debate on the conditions of political life at the end of the Roman Republic.»
Revue des Etudes Anciennes (Bloomsbury Translation)
«The book is well written and argued, and will surely be of interest to anyone interested in the late Republic.»
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
«[Rosenblitt] is surely right to emphasize importance of the “Sullan watershed” (122) in Republican history, and has presented a strong and well-argued case for this view ... [A] fine, instructive and important study.»
Scripta Classica Israelica
«[The book's] considerations provide important [thought] for current research debates on the periodization of the Roman Republic or the social impact of the republican civil wars.»
Gnonom (Bloomsbury Translation)