This volume offers a new translation and full commentary on Plutarch's essay Precepts of Statecraft (Praecepta gerendae rei publicae), written as a letter to a young Greek in Sardeis (Asia Minor), willing to embark on a career as a politician in his Roman-ruled native state. The accompanying essays elucidate the general contemporary situation in the Roman provinces of Achaea and Asia - especially by taking a close look at the epigraphical evidence - and the literary qualities of Plutarch's treatise.
This volume offers a new translation and full commentary on Plutarch's essay Precepts of Statecraft (Praecepta gerendae rei publicae), written as a letter to a young Greek in Sardeis (Asia Minor), willing to embark on a career as a politician in his Roman-ruled native state. The accompanying essays elucidate the general contemporary situation in the Roman provinces of Achaea and Asia - especially by taking a close look at the epigraphical evidence - and the literary qualities of Plutarch's treatise.
Tobias Thum
Geboren 1976; Studium der Klassischen Philologie und der Germanistik; 2010 Promotion; seit 2011 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und Lehrbeauftragter am Institut für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie der LMU München.
Politische Motivationen Unterschiedliche Karrierewege Populistische Aufwallungen Politische Taktiken und Manipulationen Loyalität zum angestammten Polis-Staat Achaea Stadtpolitik in Kleinasien