Divination, prediction and the end of the Roman Republic / Federico Santangelo.

Author/creator Santangelo, Federico
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Descriptionxii, 357 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction : the power of signs -- The de diuinatione in context -- The terms of the debate -- Fringe divination? -- The haruspices and the rise of prophecy -- Etruscan ages and the end of the Republic -- Alien sooth : the Sibylline Books -- Wild prophecies -- Foresight, prediction, and decline in Cicero's correspondence -- Between fortune and virtue : Sallust and the decline of Rome -- Divination, religious change, and the future of Rome in Livy -- Signs and prophecies in Virgil -- Divination and monarchy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012048526
ISBN9781107026841 (hardback)