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The reputation of L. Munatius Plancus and the idea of "serving the times"
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The evaluation of the career of L. Munatius Plancus has been inextricably bound up with the idea of “serving the times” – a phrase which Cicero once used in reference to him. But was survival through various political vicissitudes the chief virtue or achievement of Plancus? Did he see it that way? By putting Plancus back at the center of his own story, we can begin to see how his reputation was constructed in a complex process of competition and in-fighting with his contemporaries, as his pee...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Reviewed (other)
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Host title:
- The Alternative Augustan Age
- Chapter number:
- 11
- Publication date:
- 2019-10-25
- ISBN-10:
- 0190901403
- ISBN-13:
- 9780190901400
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- Oxford University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2019
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- Copyright © Oxford University Press 2019.
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This is the accepted manuscript version of the chapter. The final version is available from Oxford University Press at https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-alternative-augustan-age-9780190901400
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