“Audacia” in Sallusts “Verschwörung des Catilina”

Author: Bruggisser, Philippe
Title: “Audacia” in Sallusts “Verschwörung des Catilina”
Review/Collection: "Hermes", 130, 3
Place edition: Berlin
Editor: Franz Steiner Verlag
Year edition: 2002
Pages: 265-287
Keywords: Politique - Politica - Politics, Stylistique et genres littéraires - Stilistica e generi letterari - Stylistics and literary genre
Description: [Comment] The comparative study of the term " audacia " in Sallust (Catil. : 15 passages, Iug. : 5 passages) reveals its different connotations for Sallust himself, as well as for his protagonists Caesar, Cato the Younger and Catilina. The historical perspective and comparisons with the use of the term by Caesar and Cicero show that the word, which originally denoted a Roman value system, was given a very negative new meaning.
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Author initials: Bruggisser 2002