Tröster Themes, Character, and Politics in Plutarch’s Life of Lucullus

The Construction of a Roman Aristocrat
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-515-11742-5
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 201, 206 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Historia – Einzelschriften.

The modern image of the Roman aristocrat L. Licinius Lucullus (cos. 74 B.C.) is, to a large extent, the creation of the Greek biographer Plutarch, whose narrative is structured around a number of themes and leitmotifs: the protagonist’s association with Hellenic culture, his luxurious lifestyle, and various issues related to his rôle as a political and military leader. In all of these fields, the depiction of Lucullus is conditioned not only by Plutarch’s interests and emphases, but also by the nature of the sources at his disposal. Owing to Plutarch’s biographical technique and due to the bias of the contrasting traditions underlying his account, the protagonist’s actions are frequently decontextualised from their contemporary setting. Lucullus emerges from this e-book as an ambitious noble operating within the highly competitive system of Republican politics, and seeking to accumulate and to display power and prestige.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tröster, Manuel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;CONTENTS;6
2;PREFACE;8
3;1. INTRODUCTION;10
3.1;Lucullus and His Late Republican Environment;12
3.2;Plutarch and the Parallel Lives;15
3.3;The Pair of Cimon and Lucullus;19
3.4;Sources and Traditions;23
4;2. LUCULLUS AND HELLENISM;28
4.1;Greek Paideia and Personal Restraint;29
4.2;Philhellenism and Political Practice;34
4.3;Hellenic Qualities and Biographical Characterisation;41
4.4;Philhellenism Revisited: Image and Function;45
5;3. LUCULLUS AND TRYPHÊ;50
5.1;Sobriety and Degeneration;51
5.2;Extravagance and Censure;55
5.3;Anecdotes and Propaganda;60
5.4;Lucullus and the Exempla Tradition;67
5.5;Retirement from Politics?;71
5.6;Buildings and Misreadings;73
6;4. LUCULLUS AND ROMAN POLITICS;78
6.1;Lucullus and Sulla;79
6.2;Lucullus and the ‘Sullan’ Oligarchy;83
6.3;Lucullus and Pompey;88
6.4;Aristocrats and the Crowd;94
6.5;Lucullus and the Multitude;100
6.6;Ambition and Competition;102
7;5. LUCULLUS AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP;106
7.1;Soldiers and Disobedience;107
7.2;Leadership and Discipline;110
7.3;Topoi and Contradictions;114
7.4;Lucullus and the Common Soldier;121
8;6. LUCULLUS AND ROMAN FOREIGN RELATIONS;128
8.1;Between Interstate and Interpersonal Relations;129
8.2;The Quest for Power and Glory;138
8.3;The Shadow of Pompey;144
9;7. CONCLUSION;150
9.1;Plutarch’s Reading of Lucullus’ Character;150
9.2;Lucullus and the Late Republic;155
10;BIBLIOGRAPHY;162
11;ABBREVIATIONS;192
12;GENERAL INDEX;194
13;INDEX LOCORUM;200