Publication series :Beiträge zur Altertumskunde
Author: Frank-Thomas Ott
Publisher: De Gruyter
Publication year: 2013
E-ISBN: 9783110310986
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110310887
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Keyword: Cicero Late Roman Republic pamphlet rhetoric
Language: GER
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Description
In the Roman republic, pamphlets were pieces of fictional propaganda that had a considerable impact. This study argues that Cicero composed the Second Philippic as a political pamphlet and followed specific genre criteria . The Second Philippic was probably distributed as a pamphlet and may well have cost Cicero his life.
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