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      • Dean Hammer, Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 August 2014
      28 July 2014
      ISBN:
      9781139031073
      9780521195249
      9780521124089
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139031073
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.04kg, 570 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.8kg, 574 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Political Theory, Classical Studies, Politics and International Relations
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    Ancient History, Political Theory, Classical Studies, Politics and International Relations
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    Roman Political Thought is the first comprehensive treatment of the political thought of the Romans. Dean Hammer argues that the Romans were engaged in a wide-ranging and penetrating reflection on politics. The Romans did not create utopias. Instead, their thinking was relentlessly shaped by their own experiences of violence, the enormity and frailty of power, and an overwhelming sense of loss of the traditions that oriented them to their responsibilities as social, political, and moral beings. However much the Romans are known for their often complex legal and institutional arrangements, the power of their political thought lies in their exploration of the extra-institutional, affective foundations of political life. The book includes chapters on Cicero, Lucretius, Sallust, Virgil, Livy, Seneca, Tacitus, Marcus Aurelius, and Augustine, and discussions of Polybius, the Stoics, Epicurus, and Epictetus.

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