CICERO'S TREATMENT OF SULLA IN THE PRO ROSCIO AMERINO

Gregory Coates
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Abstract This article addresses the view that Cicero's Pro Roscio Amerino contains ‘criticism’ of Sulla (the ‘anti-Sulla’ thesis). It argues that there is no evidence of criticism, that Cicero had no incentive to criticize Sulla, and that his attack is aimed solely against Chrysogonus. In particular, the article draws attention to the methodological implications of the ‘anti-Sulla’ thesis, arguing that it is unsound to second-guess Cicero's meaning, to project ‘sarcasm’ onto his words, or to suggest post euentum rewrites; these views, it is argued, owe more to preconceived scholarly notions of Sulla as a tyrant than to actual indications in the text. In addition, the notion that the speech was ‘courageous’ or ‘political’ is challenged, with emphasis being placed on the identity of the nobiles supporting Cicero: these Sullans had nothing to fear from Sulla but, equally, there is little reason to suppose that they were trying to attack him.1
西塞罗对苏拉的看法
摘要:本文论述了西塞罗的《美国人的好处》包含了对苏拉的“批评”(“反苏拉”论题)。它认为没有批评的证据,西塞罗没有批评苏拉的动机,他的攻击完全是针对克里索戈诺斯的。特别是,文章提请注意“反苏拉”论文的方法论含义,认为这是不合理的事后猜测西塞罗的意思,投射“讽刺”到他的话,或建议后euentum重写;有人认为,这些观点更多地是由于学者先入为主地认为苏拉是一个暴君,而不是文本中的实际迹象。此外,这个演讲是“勇敢的”或“政治的”的概念受到了挑战,重点放在支持西塞罗的贵族的身份上:这些苏拉没有什么可害怕的,但同样,没有理由认为他们试图攻击他
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