Populares and circumcelliones. The vocabulary of “fallen man” in Cicero and St. Augustine

Autore: Wood, Neal
Titolo: Populares and circumcelliones. The vocabulary of “fallen man” in Cicero and St. Augustine
Rivista/Miscellanea: "History of political thought", VII
Anno edizione: 1986
Pagine: 33-51
Parole chiave: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Politique - Politica - Politics, Stylistique et genres littéraires - Stilistica e generi letterari - Stylistics and literary genre
Descrizione: Augustine's attacks on the circumcelliones, bands of dispossessed Donatist peasants who were ravaging North Africa, compare closely with those of Cicero against the populares in the Pro Sestio, particularly in the use of such words as furor, audax, and perditus. Augustine's use of Cicero's political terminology may indicate that Augustine viewed the Donatists as an essentially political movement. [Da APh]
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Link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26213332?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Sigla autore: Wood 1986