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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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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Classics Faculty
Oxford college:
St Benet's Hall
Role:
Author
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
Language:
English
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Chapter
Pubs id:
1166564
Local pid:
pubs:1166564
Deposit date:
2021-03-08

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