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PARTY POLITICS IN THE AGE OF CAESAR
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PARTY POLITICS IN THE AGE OF CAESAR Softcover - 1966

by Taylor, Lily Ross

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University of California Press. Good+. 1966. Softcover. 0520012577 . Some rubbing and creasing to wraps. Light pen marginalia to about 10 pages. General shelfwear. ; Later reprint of 1949 edition. ; Sather Classical Lectures 22; 255 pages; The advice given to Cicero by his astute, campaign-conscious brother to prepare him for the consular elections of 64 B. C. , has a curiously modern ring: "Avoid taking a definite stand on great public issues either in the Senate or before the people. Bend your energies towards making friends of key-men in all classes of voters. " Party Politics in the Age of Caesar is a shrewd commentary on this text, designed to clarify the true meaning in Roman political life of such terms as "party" and "faction. " Taylor brilliantly explains the mechanics of Roman politics as she discusses the relations of nobles and their clients, the manipulation of the state religion for political expedience, and the practical means of delivering the vote. .
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  • Title PARTY POLITICS IN THE AGE OF CAESAR
  • Author Taylor, Lily Ross
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition Reissue
  • Condition Used - Good+
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
  • Date 1966
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 26411
  • ISBN 9780520012578 / 0520012577
  • Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.94 x 5.54 x 0.69 in (20.17 x 14.07 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Dewey Decimal Code 937

From the rear cover

The advice given to Cicero by his astute, campaign-conscious brother to prepare him for the consular elections of 64 B.C., has a curiously modern ring: "Avoid taking a definite stand on great public issues either in the Senate or before the people. Bend your energies towards making friends of key-men in all classes of voters". On this text Professor Taylor's book is a shrewd commentary, designed to clarify the true meaning in Roman political life of such terms as "party" and "faction", so like our own to the eye but actually so different. Political parties with programs in our sense were unknown at Rome, the nearest approach being aggregations of "friends" for personal advancement in politics or finance. The mechanics of Roman politics are explained in detail - the relations of nobles and their clients, the manipulation of the state religion (always regarded in the best Roman theory as a political agency), and the practical issue of delivering the vote as and when wanted.

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About the author

The late Lily Ross Taylor was Professor Emerita of Latin and the former Dean of the graduate school at Bryn Mawr College.