Cicero's Role Models: The Political Strategy of a Newcomer

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
List of abbreviations......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
1. Mos, maiores, and historical exempla in Roman culture and society......Page 25
2. Mos, maiores, and historical exempla in Cicero......Page 31
PART I. CICERO THE HOMO NOVUS......Page 40
3. Cicero\'s background and education......Page 42
4. Nobilis and homo novus......Page 48
PART II. CICERO\'S USE OF HISTORICAL EXEMPLA......Page 74
5. Definitions of historical exemplum and personal exemplum......Page 78
6. The nature and functions of historical exempla......Page 86
Creation of historical exempla......Page 90
The choice of historical exempla......Page 95
The problem of credibility......Page 116
The importance of genre......Page 141
Conclusion......Page 157
PART III. CICERO\'S ROLE MODELS......Page 162
7. Cicero\'s alternative claims to ancestry......Page 164
Great Romans as general exempla for all Romans......Page 165
Homines novi as exempla......Page 171
Personal exempla......Page 179
An aspiring new man......Page 188
The homo novus consul......Page 196
Exile and triumphant recall......Page 207
The orator-statesman outside politics......Page 238
In the mould of Scaevola: Cicero in Cilicia......Page 251
The response of an intellectual......Page 254
A living exemplum......Page 278
Conclusion......Page 284
PART IV. CICERO AS EXEMPLUM......Page 300
9. Cicero\'s roles as an exemplum......Page 306
10. An exemplum and teacher to the younger generation......Page 324
11. A family exemplum......Page 329
Conclusion......Page 334
CONCLUSION......Page 338
Appendix......Page 353
Bibliography......Page 355
Index of passages discussed......Page 386
C......Page 393
H......Page 395
J......Page 396
M......Page 397
P......Page 398
T......Page 399
V......Page 401