Party Politics in the Age of Caesar

The advice given to Cicero by his astute, campaign-conscious brother to prepare him for the consular elections of 64 B.C., has a curiously modern ring: "Avoid taking a definite stand on great public issues either in the Senate or before the people. Bend your energies towards making friends of key-men in all classes of voters." Party Politics in the Age of Caesaris a shrewd commentary on this text, designed to clarify the true meaning in Roman political life of such terms as "party" and "faction." Taylor brilliantly explains the mechanics of Roman politics as she discusses the relations of nobles and their clients, the manipulation of the state religion for political expedience, and the practical means of delivering the vote.

Personalities and Programs	p. 1
Nobles, Clients, and Personal Armies	p. 25
Delivering the Vote	p. 50
The Role of the City Plebs and the Italians in the Voting	p. 50
The Campaign for Election and Legislation	p. 62
Manipulating the State Religion	p. 76
Religion and Divination in Politics	p. 78
Politics and the Public Priesthoods	p. 90
The Criminal Courts and the Rise of a New Man	p. 98
Cato and the Populares	p. 119
Optimates and Populares before Catiline's Conspiracy	p. 119
Cato's Leadership of the Optimates	p. 124
The Union of Cato's Enemies	p. 132
The Removal of Cato	p. 137
Optimates and Dynasts	p. 140
Propaganda and Public Opinion from 58 to 53 B.C.	p. 142
Pompey's Sole Consulship	p. 148
Cicero and Sallust on the Reform of the State	p. 152
Caesar's Propaganda and the Gallic Succession	p. 157
Catonism and Caesarism	p. 162
Notes	p. 185
Index	p. 243
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