Histories of the late Republic and biographies of Cicero havepreviously tended to treat political and cultural developments asessentially separate
In Cicero and the End of the Roman Republic,Thomas Wiedemann takes a fresh approach, looking at Cicero''s literaryworks in the context of his public life, and of contemporary politicaland social issues.Wiedemann explores Cicero''s role in thecreation of a new and effective ‘Roman'' cultural identity demanded bythe process of Italian unification and the consequent collapse of theold Republican party system.
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