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By Paul Roche

ISBN-10: 1107009057

ISBN-13: 9781107009059

Pliny's Panegyricus (AD a hundred) survives as a distinct instance of senatorial rhetoric from the early Roman Empire. It bargains an eyewitness account of the final years of Domitian's principate, the reign of Nerva and Trajan's early years, and it communicates an in depth senatorial view at the behaviour anticipated of an emperor. it really is an immense record within the improvement of the beliefs of imperial management, however it additionally contributes tremendously to our realizing of imperial political tradition extra commonly. This quantity, the 1st ever dedicated to the Panegyricus, comprises specialist stories of its key historic and rhetorical contexts, in addition to vital severe techniques to the printed model of the speech and its impact in antiquity. It deals students of Roman heritage, literature and rhetoric an updated evaluation of key ways to the speech, and scholars and readers an authoritative creation to this very important and under-appreciated speech.

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