"Temo a los troyanos"rumores y habladurías en la Roma tardorrepublicana
ISSN: 1130-0728
Datum der Publikation: 2007
Nummer: 19
Seiten: 113-134
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Polis: revista de ideas y formas políticas de la Antigüedad
Zusammenfassung
This article analyses the nature and extension of rumors and gossip, which allow gauging the degree of interest of Italian cities and provinces in Roman politics. Following anthropological theories, this article shall demonstrate that gossip constituted a key control device of the individual by the members of a group during the late Republic; this occurred especially in moments of crisis, such as the case of Cicero and the Civil War (49-45 BC) shows.