Speeches and Power in Tacitus’ Histories
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Tacitus, Historiae, speeches, Principate, senateAbstract
The Principate takes away from the senate many of its traditional powers. Yet during the crises of 69 d. C. many of the candidates for prince and of the generals claim in their speeches that they can count on the support of the senate. This paper intends to find out the exact meaning given to this support in a context of generalized incapacity of political action revealed by the senate.
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