The Roman Republic of Letters: Scholarship, Philosophy, and Politics in the Age of Cicero and Caesar

by Katharina Volk

Book Overview

An intellectual history of the late Roman Republic--and the senators who fought both scholarly debates and a civil war In The Roman Republic of Letters , Katharina Volk explores a fascinating chapter of intellectual history, focusing on the literary senators of the mid-first century BCE who came to blows over the future of Rome even as they debated philosophy, history, political theory, linguistics, science, and religion. It was a period of intense...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691253951
• ISBN13: 9780691253954
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"