Autore: Appel, Hanna
Titolo: Contra spem spero? Ostatnia polityczna walka Cycerona
Rivista/Miscellanea: RES HISTORICA 59
Anno edizione: 2025
Pagine: 238-254
Parole chiave: Biographie - Biografia - Biography, Politique - Politica - Politics
Descrizione: [Contra spem spero? Cicero’s final political struggle] The aim of this article is to show how Marcus Tullius Cicero’s hope for the restoration of the Republic following Caesar’s assassination evolved during the final years of his life. The author analyses the information contained in Cicero’s surviving letters and philosophical writings from that period. Their message is not unambiguous, which means they can be interpreted in various ways today. Although Cicero was no supporter of Caesar’s dictatorship, after Caesar’s assassination he was aware that tyranny nevertheless persisted and that the chances of restoring the Republic were slim. Nevertheless, he undertook a final struggle, in which his weapons were speeches against Antony and philosophical writings, the content of which bears many similarities to Cicero’s ideas expressed in the Philippics. The orator did all this in order to prove that he deserved to be remembered by posterity. [Author] In Polish
Opere:
Link: https://journals.umcs.pl/rh/article/view/17839/12829
Sigla autore: Appel 2025
Titolo: Contra spem spero? Ostatnia polityczna walka Cycerona
Rivista/Miscellanea: RES HISTORICA 59
Anno edizione: 2025
Pagine: 238-254
Parole chiave: Biographie - Biografia - Biography, Politique - Politica - Politics
Descrizione: [Contra spem spero? Cicero’s final political struggle] The aim of this article is to show how Marcus Tullius Cicero’s hope for the restoration of the Republic following Caesar’s assassination evolved during the final years of his life. The author analyses the information contained in Cicero’s surviving letters and philosophical writings from that period. Their message is not unambiguous, which means they can be interpreted in various ways today. Although Cicero was no supporter of Caesar’s dictatorship, after Caesar’s assassination he was aware that tyranny nevertheless persisted and that the chances of restoring the Republic were slim. Nevertheless, he undertook a final struggle, in which his weapons were speeches against Antony and philosophical writings, the content of which bears many similarities to Cicero’s ideas expressed in the Philippics. The orator did all this in order to prove that he deserved to be remembered by posterity. [Author] In Polish
Opere:
Link: https://journals.umcs.pl/rh/article/view/17839/12829
Sigla autore: Appel 2025
