Book contents
- Divination, Prediction and the End of the Roman Republic
- Divination, Prediction and the End of the Roman Republic
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction The power of signs
- Chapter 1 TheDe diuinationein context
- Chapter 2 The terms of the debate
- Chapter 3 Fringe divination?
- Chapter 4 Theharuspices and the rise of prophecy
- Chapter 5 Etruscan ages and the end of the Republic
- Chapter 6 Alien sooth: the Sibylline Books
- Chapter 7 Wild prophecies
- Chapter 8 Foresight, prediction and decline in Cicero's correspondence
- Chapter 9 Between fortune and virtue
- Chapter 10 Divination, religious change and the future of Rome in Livy
- Chapter 11 Signs and prophecies in Virgil
- Chapter 12 Divination and monarchy
- Envoi Away from the future
- Appendix MarkAntony the augur and the election of Dolabella
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index locorum
- General index
List of illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- Divination, Prediction and the End of the Roman Republic
- Divination, Prediction and the End of the Roman Republic
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction The power of signs
- Chapter 1 TheDe diuinationein context
- Chapter 2 The terms of the debate
- Chapter 3 Fringe divination?
- Chapter 4 Theharuspices and the rise of prophecy
- Chapter 5 Etruscan ages and the end of the Republic
- Chapter 6 Alien sooth: the Sibylline Books
- Chapter 7 Wild prophecies
- Chapter 8 Foresight, prediction and decline in Cicero's correspondence
- Chapter 9 Between fortune and virtue
- Chapter 10 Divination, religious change and the future of Rome in Livy
- Chapter 11 Signs and prophecies in Virgil
- Chapter 12 Divination and monarchy
- Envoi Away from the future
- Appendix MarkAntony the augur and the election of Dolabella
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index locorum
- General index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013