Author: Hall, Jon
Title: Cicero Fam. 16.21, Roman politeness, and the socialization of Marcus Cicero the Younger
Review/Collection: In : Welch, Kathryn & Hillard, T.W. (Ed.), Roman Crossings: Theory and practice in the Roman Republic, Classical Press of Wales, 2005, 344 p.
Year edition: 2005
Pages: 259-278
Keywords: Politique - Politica - Politics, Stylistique et genres littéraires - Stilistica e generi letterari - Stylistics and literary genre
Description: Having previously published a number of examinations of social interplay in the Ciceronian era, Hall here further explores the display of the social skills which were an essential part of a delicate ritual of political interaction and negotiation. So much might be taken for granted in any sophisticated political context; but the level of precision which Hall discerns calls for comment, and Hall provides it. Interesting paradoxes emerge. The ubiquity of rank and status is not surprising, but Roman strategies are not what instinct might have suggested.146 And there is more. Hall argues that correspondence provides a window onto actual behaviour: the interface of players in ‘the competitive and unstable world of Roman politics’. [Welch & Hillard 2005, 12]
Works:
Author initials: Hall 2005
Title: Cicero Fam. 16.21, Roman politeness, and the socialization of Marcus Cicero the Younger
Review/Collection: In : Welch, Kathryn & Hillard, T.W. (Ed.), Roman Crossings: Theory and practice in the Roman Republic, Classical Press of Wales, 2005, 344 p.
Year edition: 2005
Pages: 259-278
Keywords: Politique - Politica - Politics, Stylistique et genres littéraires - Stilistica e generi letterari - Stylistics and literary genre
Description: Having previously published a number of examinations of social interplay in the Ciceronian era, Hall here further explores the display of the social skills which were an essential part of a delicate ritual of political interaction and negotiation. So much might be taken for granted in any sophisticated political context; but the level of precision which Hall discerns calls for comment, and Hall provides it. Interesting paradoxes emerge. The ubiquity of rank and status is not surprising, but Roman strategies are not what instinct might have suggested.146 And there is more. Hall argues that correspondence provides a window onto actual behaviour: the interface of players in ‘the competitive and unstable world of Roman politics’. [Welch & Hillard 2005, 12]
Works:
Author initials: Hall 2005
