Divination, Prediction and the End of the Roman Republic

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

AvFederico Santangelo,Federico (University of Newcastle upon Tyne) Santangelo

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This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the intersection between Roman politics, culture and divination in the late Republic. It discusses how the practice of divination changed at a time of great political and social change and explores the evidence for a critical reflection and debate on the limits of divination and prediction in the second and first centuries BC. Divination was a central feature in the workings of the Roman government and this book explores the ways in which it changed under the pressure of factors of socio-political complexity and disruption. It discusses the ways in which the problem of the prediction of the future is constructed in the literature of the period. Finally, it explores the impact that the emergence of the Augustan regime had on the place of divination in Rome and the role that divinatory themes had in shaping the ideology of the new regime.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-05-09
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt660 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor370
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781107026841

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Introduction - the power of signs; 1. The De diuinatione in context; 2. The terms of the debate; 3. Fringe divination?; 4. The haruspices and the rise of prophecy; 5. Etruscan ages and the end of the Republic; 6. Alien sooth: the Sibylline Books; 7. Wild prophecies; 8. Foresight, prediction, and decline in Cicero's correspondence; 9. Between fortune and virtue: Sallust and the decline of Rome; 10. Divination, religious change, and the future of Rome in Livy; 11. Signs and prophecies in Virgil; 12. The rise of monarchy; Envoi - away from the future; Appendix 1. Mark Antony and the election of Dolabella; Appendix 2. Glossary.

'These author-focused studies not only enhance readers' appreciation of the role of prophetic events and discourse in Latin literature, they also inform understanding of traditional religious practices newly defined to serve Augustan religious and political ideologies. The bibliography constitutes a valuable research tool. Useful glossary; full indexes … Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' P. B. Harvey, Jr, Choice

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