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The first comprehensive discussion of Roman political thought. Includes chapters on Cicero, Sallust, Lucretius, Virgil, Livy, Seneca, Tacitus, Marcus Aurelius, and Augustine.

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Understands the Romans as responding to and reflecting on their own experience of politics

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The Romans have long been viewed as having very little to add to our thinking about politics, frequently seen as largely derivative of Greek thought. This book approaches the Romans on their own terms, exploring how the questions the Romans ask and the different answers they give are distinctive and profound.

Dean Hammer
Franklin and Marshall College

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This page is a summary of: Roman Political Thought, January 2014, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139031073.
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