Knight's Moves: The Son-in-law in Cicero and Tacitus

IF 0.9 2区 历史学 0 CLASSICS
Emily Gowers
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Abstract

While the relationship between fathers and sons, real or metaphorical, is still a dominant paradigm among classicists, this paper considers the rival contribution of Roman sons-in-law to the processes of collaboration and succession. It discusses the tensions, constraints, and obligations that soceri–generi relationships involved, then claims a significant role for sons-in-law in literary production. A new category is proposed here: “son-in-law literature,” with texts offered as recompense for a wife or her dowry, or as substitute funeral orations. Cicero and Tacitus are two authors for whom the relationship played a key role in shaping realities and fantasies of advancement. The idealized in-law bonds of De Amicitia, Brutus, and De Oratore are set against Cicero's intellectual aspirations and real-life dealings with a challenging son-in-law, while Tacitus' relationship to Agricola can be seen to affect both his historiographical discussions of father–son-in-law relationships and the lessons he drew from them about imperial succession.
骑士的行动:西塞罗和塔西陀的女婿
尽管父亲和儿子之间的关系,无论是真实的还是隐喻的,仍然是古典主义者的主导范式,但本文考虑了罗马女婿对合作和继承过程的竞争性贡献。它讨论了社会一般关系所涉及的紧张,约束和义务,然后声称女婿在文学创作中的重要作用。这里提出了一个新的类别:“女婿文学”,即作为对妻子或她的嫁妆的补偿,或作为替代的葬礼演讲的文本。对西塞罗和塔西佗这两位作家来说,这种关系在塑造现实和进步的幻想方面发挥了关键作用。德·阿米西亚、布鲁图斯和德·奥拉托雷的理想姻亲关系与西塞罗的智力抱负和现实生活中与一个具有挑战性的女婿的交往相抵触,而塔西佗与阿格里科拉的关系可以被视为影响了他对父子关系的历史讨论,以及他从中吸取的关于帝国继承的教训。
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