Readings of Scipio’s dictatorship in Cicero’s “De re publica” (6.12)

Author: Stevenson, Tom
Title: Readings of Scipio’s dictatorship in Cicero’s “De re publica” (6.12)
Review/Collection: "Classical Quarterly", NS 55, 1
Place edition: London & Oxford
Editor: Clarendon Press
Year edition: 2005
Pages: 140-152
Keywords: Histoire - Storia - History, Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Politique - Politica - Politics
Description: [APh] [Comment] Cicero, resp. 6, 12, may imply that moves were afoot to make Scipio Aemilianus a dictator prior to his death in 129 B.C. This interpretation may be defended, as well as the likelihood that Cicero wanted to signal his support for an office such as the traditional dictatorship in dealing with the political troubles of contemporary Rome.
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Link: https://doi-org.bibliopass.unito.it/10.1093/cq/bmi010
Author initials: Stevenson 2005