Lucan's Imperial World : The Bellum Civile in Its Contemporary Contexts

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Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION: LUCAN AND HIS WORLD Artist and Environment Lucan’s Contemporary Contexts: A Brief Tour Overview of Chapters Notes References PART I LUCAN AND CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS AND TRADITIONS CHAPTER 1 IMPERIAL ETHICS AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN LUCAN AND SENECA’S LETTERS Contemporary Allusion and Linguistic Correlations The Debate on Fate and Chance The Speech of Cotta to Metellus The Speech of Vulteius Notes References CHAPTER 2 LUCANUS MIRABATUR ADEO SCRIPTA FLACCI : LUCAN AND PERSIUS Introduction Final Thoughts Notes References CHAPTER 3 CICERO, LUCAN, AND RHETORICAL ROLE-PLAY IN BELLUM CIVILE 7 Rhetorical Education in the Imperial Period Cicero’s Suasoria in Bellum Civile 7 Cicero’s Epistolary Correspondence in the Early 40s BCE Cicero’s Early Reception in Declamation Notes References PART II THE NATURAL WORLD AND GEOGRAPHY IN THE NERONIAN PERIOD CHAPTER 4 MINING AND MORALITY IN LUCAN AND SENECA Mining in the First Century CE and in Lucan’s Poem Seneca on the Exploitation of Mines and the Possession of Gold The Moral Implications of Seeking and Possessing Gold Notes References CHAPTER 5 EVEN NATURA NODS: LUCAN’S ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS OF THE SYRTES (9.303-18) Introduction The First Explanation (9.303–11) The Second Explanation (9.311–18) Conclusion Notes References CHAPTER 6 WORLD GEOGRAPHY, ROMAN HISTORY, AND THE FAILURE TO INCORPORATE PARTHIA IN LUCAN’S BELLUM CIVILE Introduction Lucan’s Idea of Roman Imperialism Power-politics, Geography, and Identity Parthia Lentulus and Pompey Conclusion Notes References PART III CATO’S NERONIAN NACHLEBEN CHAPTER 7 LUCAN’S CATO AND POPULAR (MIS)CONCEPTIONS OF STOICISM Stoic Axiology and its Critics Cato, Stoic Theory, and Popular Stoicism Scholarly Perspectives on Lucan’s Cato: Hero or Villain? Autocannibalism, the Limits of Self-Control, and Aulus’ Death Conclusion Notes References CHAPTER 8 SAGE, SOLDIER, POLITICIAN, AND BENEFACTOR: CATO IN SENECA AND LUCAN Introduction Seneca’s Cato Cato as a Benefactor in BC 2 Profile of the Benefactor in Seneca’s De Beneficiis Fighting to Benefit the Self and the Collectivity: BC 2 vs. Ep . 67, 104, and 95 Engagement, Parenesis, and Animal Metaphors at BC 9 in the Light of De Clementia Cato as a Beekeeper in BC 9 Conclusions Notes References PART IV BACK TO THE FUTURE: REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE CHAPTER 9 LUCAN AND THE SPECTER OF SULLAIN JULIO-CLAUDIAN ROME Sullan Lessons and the Civil War of 49 BCE Sullan Cruelty and the House of the Caesars Sullan Butchery and Neronian Medicine Notes References CHAPTER 10 RE-MEMBERING THE PALATINE IN LUCAN’S BELLUM CIVILE Introduction Caesar on the Palatine The New Apollo Conclusion Notes References CHAPTER 11 LUCAN’S NOSTALGIA AND THE INFECTION OF MEMORY Lucan on the Past Lucan on the Inescapable Present Lucan’s Infected Memories Republican Matrons, Imperial Morals The Specter of Caesarism Notes References CHAPTER 12 LUCAN’S NERONIAN RES PUBLICA RESTITUTA Notes References INDEX LOCORUM LUCANI ET SENECAE GENERAL INDEX