Manipolazione e flessibilità nelle allusioni storiche delle orazioni di Cicerone
Abstract
The summoning of the past plays a paramount role in the communicative strategies of the Ancient period and especially of Ancient Rome, whose political and cultural system is first and foremost shaped by the customs and traditions inherited from previous societies. Cicero’s work is qualitatively and quantitatively pivotal for investigating the communicative manipulation of the past. The present paper first describes two specific instances of the manipulation of the past in Cicero’s speeches. It then goes on to interpret these instances of manipulation under the light of the political and intellectual portrait of the author. In particular, the paper spotlights the relationship inherent in Cicero’s public speaking between the imitation of the role models and the adaptation of thoughts and actions to the needs of public life.
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