Autore: La Bua, Giuseppe
Titolo: Man of Peace? Cicero’s Last Fight for the Republic in Greek and Roman Historical ‘Fictions’
Rivista/Miscellanea: In : Pieper, Christoph & Velden, Bram van der ed.), Reading Cicero’s Final Years Receptions of the Post-Caesarian Works up to the Sixteenth Century, Boston Berlin, De Gruyter, 2020, 300 p.
Anno edizione: 2020
Pagine: 79-98
Parole chiave: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Descrizione: Giuseppe LaBua analyses speeches by Cicero from Lucan and Cassius Dio, which he treats as pseudepigrapha, in order to show that Cicero’s life during the final years of the Roman Republic could lead to fierce discussions about his responsibility for the civil war and the collapse of the Republican system. La Bua argues that the dichotomy of Caesar and Cicero during the Civil War of 49–48 bce is of similar importance as the depiction of Cicero’s deeds after Caesar’s death. While Lucan famously labels Cicero a warmonger and lets him speak in favour of war, we find a more nuanced picture in Cassius Dio.On the one hand, Cicero, when speaking himself, conveys the image of a man of peace, whereas the accusation of being a disturber of order is put in the mouth of a fellow senator, Calenus. La Bua concludes that such debates were meant to question Cicero’s own attempts to draw a consistent image of himself, whereas later authors were interested in the inconsistencies of Cicero as a historical figure. [Pieper and Velden 2020, x]
Link: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110716313-007/pdf
Sigla autore: La Bua 2020
Titolo: Man of Peace? Cicero’s Last Fight for the Republic in Greek and Roman Historical ‘Fictions’
Rivista/Miscellanea: In : Pieper, Christoph & Velden, Bram van der ed.), Reading Cicero’s Final Years Receptions of the Post-Caesarian Works up to the Sixteenth Century, Boston Berlin, De Gruyter, 2020, 300 p.
Anno edizione: 2020
Pagine: 79-98
Parole chiave: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Descrizione: Giuseppe LaBua analyses speeches by Cicero from Lucan and Cassius Dio, which he treats as pseudepigrapha, in order to show that Cicero’s life during the final years of the Roman Republic could lead to fierce discussions about his responsibility for the civil war and the collapse of the Republican system. La Bua argues that the dichotomy of Caesar and Cicero during the Civil War of 49–48 bce is of similar importance as the depiction of Cicero’s deeds after Caesar’s death. While Lucan famously labels Cicero a warmonger and lets him speak in favour of war, we find a more nuanced picture in Cassius Dio.On the one hand, Cicero, when speaking himself, conveys the image of a man of peace, whereas the accusation of being a disturber of order is put in the mouth of a fellow senator, Calenus. La Bua concludes that such debates were meant to question Cicero’s own attempts to draw a consistent image of himself, whereas later authors were interested in the inconsistencies of Cicero as a historical figure. [Pieper and Velden 2020, x]
Link: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110716313-007/pdf
Sigla autore: La Bua 2020
