Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: This paper argues that the fate of the imprisoned Catilinarian conspirators was discussed not only at the famous meeting of the senate on 5 December 63 BC but also at an earlier meeting held on the previous day. The hypothesis of an earlier discussion seems to explain both the seemingly problematic nature of Cicero’s Fourth Catilinarian and the transmitted text of Sallust’s introduction to the famous debate.
Source: Histos
DOI: 10.29173/histos468
Author: A. J. Woodman
Language: English
Topic: Classical Antiquity Studies
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4402509130