Abstract
In this paper, I first examine the most influential views of modern scholars on Clodius’s legislation as tribune of people in 58 BCE. Then I offer a new reading of this legislation, stressing the social and political context in which it took place. Reading against the grain of Cicero’s portrait of Clodius in "In Pisonem," I bring to the fore several clues or openings that enable us to have a clearer view of Clodius’s role and activities in the late republic.
| Lingua originale | English |
|---|---|
| pagine (da-a) | 71-79 |
| Numero di pagine | 9 |
| Rivista | ZETESIS |
| Volume | 2020 |
| Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2020 |
| Pubblicato esternamente | Sì |
Keywords
- Cicero’s rhetorical invective
- civic space
- political action
- Clodius’s legislation