FURTUM AND THE DESCRIPTION OF STOLEN OBJECTS IN CICERO IN VERREM 2.4 Cover Image

FURTUM И ОПИСАНИЕТО НА ОТКРАДНАТИТЕ ПРЕДМЕТИ В IN VERREM 2.4 ОТ ЦИЦЕРОН
FURTUM AND THE DESCRIPTION OF STOLEN OBJECTS IN CICERO IN VERREM 2.4

Author(s): Thomas D. Frazel
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Roman law
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: furtum; In Verrem 2.4; Cicero

Summary/Abstract: Cicero portrays Verres here in ways that are strikingly similar to those that would be used against a thief in a civil proceeding: he emphasizes that Verres carried off goods, characterizes Verres’ purchases as forced sales, and describes the stolen objects in a spare manner like the one used in theft accusations. Cicero’s matter-of-fact descriptive mode also plays a key role in his own self-presentation as an informed, but not enthusiastic, consumer of art, unlike Verres. The spare descriptions thus reinforce Cicero’s ethical strategies.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 554-571
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bulgarian
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