Cicerón y el imperiouna lectura poscolonial
ISSN: 1514-0121, 2346-8890
Datum der Publikation: 2014
Nummer: 19
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Auster
Zusammenfassung
Even though the influence that Greek culture, and in particular, its philosophy, served on Cicero is well known, it has not been highlighted his insistence on showing the superiority of Rome also in areas such as oratory or political thought. Using as theoretical framework E. Said's Orientalism, we aim to interpret Cicero in postcolonial terms, i.e. as an author who wants to legitimize the rule of Rome, using her cultural superiority as the main argument