Magistracy and the Historiography of the Roman Republic - Politics in Prose

List of contents

Introduction: exemplarity, magistracy, and narrative; 1. Magisterial authority and the politics of affection; 2. Authority in crisis: the Caudine Forks; 3. Elections and the generation of exempla; 4. Elections as narratives of magistracy; Epilogue: staging authority.

About the author

Ayelet Haimson Lushkov is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Texas, Austin. She studies the Latin literature of ancient Rome, focusing especially on historical accounts of the Roman republic. She is currently working on two book projects on Livy's monumental history of ancient Rome, the first systematic study of Livy's citation practices and the first English commentary since the nineteenth century on Book 22. She is co-editor, with William Brockliss, Pramit Chaudhuri and Katherine Wasdin, of Reception and the Classics (2012), and her work has also appeared in The Huffington Post and The Guardian.

Summary

The first study of the literary representation of Roman republican magistracy. Applying current literary critical methods to historical narratives, its approach provides a richer account of political phenomena in the round. It will appeal to researchers and students of classical literature, political theory, ancient history, and cultural studies.

Product details

• Authors: Ayelet Haimson Lushkov, Ayelet (University of Texas Haimson Lushkov
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781108820097
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82009-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 300 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Historiography, Historiography, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory