CICERO,PHILIPPICS9.5 AND THE PORTICUS OCTAVIA
| Autor: | Patrick Tansey |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Ninth
History 060103 classics Literature and Literary Theory media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies 06 humanities and the arts 02 engineering and technology Art Ancient history Philosophy Honour Extant taxon 021104 architecture 0601 history and archaeology Statue Classics media_common Cicero |
| Zdroj: | The Classical Quarterly. 66:540-546 |
| ISSN: | 1471-6844 0009-8388 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0009838816000732 |
| Popis: | On or shortly after 4 February 43b.c.Cicero delivered theNinth Philippicin an effort to persuade the Senate to honour Ser. Sulpicius Rufus (cos. 51). He argued that Sulpicius, who had died of natural causes while acting as the Senate's envoy, was nevertheless entitled to the same recognition aslegatikilledob rem publicam. In the course of the speech Cicero discussed various historic precedents, including Cn. Octavius (cos. 165) who was assassinated in Syria in 162b.c.while doing the Senate's bidding and was consequently honoured with a statue on the rostra. The statue was still extant in 43b.c.and Cicero reminded his audience that it was now the only memorial to this great family. Cicero's observation has unanimously been interpreted as signifying that the family of the consul of 165b.c.was extinct in February 43b.c.In fact, Cicero actually meant that the statue on the rostra was now the sole surviving monument associated with the family of Cn. Octavius because the other two monuments that had served as a concrete reminder of the family had latterly been destroyed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|