Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
Hostname: page-component-68c7f8b79f-tw422 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-12-27T02:32:15.776Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Index

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2024

Julia Mebane
Julia Mebane
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington

Summary

A summary is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Information

Type
Chapter
Information
The Body Politic in Roman Political Thought , pp. 250 - 254
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BYCreative Common License - NC
This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/cclicenses/

Index

adminiculum rei publicae, 121–122, 154
Ages of Man tradition, 151–152
Albinovanus, Publius, 88
anacyclosis, 112–113
animus. See mind–body duality
Antony, Mark, 1–2, 93, 142, 157
Apollo Medicus, 92, 97–101
Asinius Gallus, Gaius, 147
Augustus
Apollo Medicus, relationship to, 97–98
body politic, eye of, 145–147
body politic, head of, 127–129, 144
body politic, healer of, 96–104, 144, 155
body politic, surgeon to, 176
caput orbis, 127–129
second Camillus, 125–126
second Numa, 124–125
triumvir, 1
Battle of Actium, 3–4, 138–139, 142
Blumenberg, Hans, 22
Brutus, Lucius Junius, 153–154
Brutus, Marcus Junius, 153–154, 193
Caedicius, Quintus, 49–50
Caesar, Julius
Apollo Medicus, relationship to, 92
assassination of, 137
body politic, head of, 187–188
body politic, healer of, 91–92
body politic, malignancy in, 92–93
body politic, representation of, 6, 94
Caligula
body politic, consumption of, 156–157
body politic, infection of, 155–156
body politic, torture of, 184
Capitoline Hill, 50–51, 107–108, 201–202
Catilinarian Conspiracy, 29–31, 47–48, 59–60, 72–83
Catiline, Lucius Sergius
body politic, contagion within, 73–76, 82
body politic, head of, 29–31, 47–48, 59–60
Cato the Elder, 36, 49–50, 77
Cato the Younger, 165, 193
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Antony as malignancy, 1, 93–94
beheading of, 1–2
body politic, healer of, 75–83
body politic, splitting of, 42–45
Caesar as healer, 91–92
Caesar as malignancy, 92–93
Catilinarian Conspiracy, 72–83
Catiline as contagion, 72–75, 82–83
Clodius as contagion, 84–89
concord, 39–40
corpus civitatis, 34
curia as caput urbis, 35–36
diseases of the soul, 64
Fable of the Belly, 33–34
head as locus of reason, 52–53
head of state, 126–127
ideal statesman, 80–81
immortality of res publica, 113–114
Milo, Titus Annius, 88–89
mind–body duality, 34–35
monarchy, 55–56
optimates and populares, 42–45
Pompey as healer, 90–91
res publica, definition of, 39–40
Sestius, Publius, 86–88
societas, 39
utilitas, 34
violence as a remedy, 86–89
violence as antithetical to politics, 83–86
Cicero, works of
Brutus, 33
Catilinarians, 73–75
De Divinatione, 57
De Domo Sua, 36, 85–86
De Finibus, 121–122
De Inventione, 34
De Lege Agraria, 77
De Legibus, 38, 68, 84
De Officiis, 81, 93, 174
De Oratore, 56
De Republica, 13, 16, 39–40, 42–45, 53–54, 55–56, 79–81, 108, 114
Epistulae ad Atticum, 36, 84–85, 94
Paradoxa Stoicorum, 170
Philippics, 1, 93–94
Pro Cluentio, 35
Pro Marcello, 91, 113
Pro Milone, 36, 44, 51, 88–89, 90–91
Pro Murena, 29, 73
Pro Rabirio Perduellonis, 113
Pro Rege Deiotaro, 56
Pro Sestio, 43–45, 86–88
Pro Sulla, 82
Tusculanae Disputationes, 52–53, 64
Cinna, Lucius Cornelius, 156, 182, 185–186
civil war
Caesar and Pompey, 142, 145
Liberators and triumvirs, 137–138
Octavian and Antony, 139
Social War, 137
Sulla and Marius, 142
Year of the Four Emperors, 198–202
Claudius
body politic, healer of, 157
body politic, torturer of, 176–177
Clodius Pulcher, Publius, 83–89
body politic, contagion within, 84–86
death of, 88–89
violence, use of, 83–84
concord, 31–32, 39–40, 111–112, 135–136
concordia ordinum, 44
Cornelius Severus, 2, 126–127
Curia, 35–36, 149
Curtius Rufus, 158–161
body politic, beheading of, 160–161
body politic, regeneration of, 161
civil war, 158–160
identity of, 158
unsociability of monarchy, 158–159
discord, 18–20, 41–47, 109–118, 136–140, 144–145, 158–162
domus Augusta. See House of the Caesars
Drusus the Elder, 146–147
Epistulae ad Caesarem, 36–37, 41–42, 92
Fable of the Belly, 31–34, 110–112
First Secession of the Plebs. See Fable of the Belly
First Triumvirate, 58–59, 94
Galba, Servius Sulpicius, 199–201
Gracchus, Gaius, 58
Gracchus, Tiberius, 42, 87, 142
Haterius, Quintus, 147–148
Helvius Mancia, 141–142
Horace
Apollonic healing, 98–100
Carmen Saeculare, 99–100
Epodes, 159
Odes, 98–99
weight of empire, 159
House of the Caesars, 140–150, 161, 185–186
interregnum, 147–148
Lactantius, 150–151
libertas, 16–18, 45–46, 69, 108, 153–154, 196, 198
Livy, 104–126
adminiculum, 121–122
Augustus, 124–126
body politic, head of, 106–108, 119–124
body politic, physicians to, 115, 116–117
body politic, sickness of, 109, 115
Camillus, 118–122, 125–126
Capitoline Hill, 51, 107–108, 121, 122–123
Cincinnatus, 115
concord, 105–107, 111–112
consensualism, 114–115
dictatorship, 115
discord, 109–118
Fable of the Belly, 110–112
Gallic Sack, 118–121
Manlius Capitolinus, Marcus, 122–123
Numa, 106–107, 124–125
Praefatio, 104–105
Republic, foundation of, 108–109
Romulus, 105–108
Scipio Africanus, 57, 123–124
second decemvirate, 116
Veii, body politic in, 119–121
Veii, move to, 117–118
Lucan, 181–194
body politic, at war with itself, 181–182
body politic, mutiny of, 193
body politic, two-headed, 187–188
Brutus, Marcus Junius, 193
Caesar, Julius, 187–188
Cato the Younger, 193
Lentulus Spinther, 189
Marius Gratidianus, 183–184
Pisonian Conspiracy, member of, 197
Pompey Magnus, death of, 187–193
Ptolemy, 189–190
Septimius, 190
Sulla as surgeon, 182–186
Lucilius, 64–65
Lucretius, 54–55, 65
maiestas, 9, 100, 101
Manilius, 133–140
Augustus, 138–140
Battle of Actium, 138–139
body politic, 134–137
Caesar, Julius, 137
civil war, 137–140
concord, 135–136
cosmos as body, 134–136
cosmos as strife-ridden, 136–137
cosmos figured as res publica, 133
cosmos, ruled by natura, 135–136
Marius, Gaius, 137
Pharsalus, 137–138
Philippi, 137
Pompey Magnus, 137
princeps as natura, 134
Manlius Capitolinus, Marcus, 122–123
Marius Gratidianus, 183–184
Marius, Gaius, 137, 156–157, 182, 185–186
Menenius Agrippa. See Fable of the Belly
mens. See mind–body duality
metus hostilis, 45–46, 66, 69
Milo, Titus Annius, 88–89
mind–body duality, 34–38
moral decline, 63–72
Nero
body politic, head of, 172
body politic, healer of, 173–176
body politic, mind of, 168–170, 177–178
Sulla’s successor, 185–186
vinculum rei publicae, 170
Octavian. See Augustus
optimates and populares, 42–45
Ovid
Amores, 127
Augustus as caput orbis, 127–129
Augustus as healer, 102–103
Epistulae ex Ponto, 102–103
exile as a wound, 102–103
Fasti, 127
Metamorphoses, 128–129
Tristia, 102, 127–128, 129
Pettit, Philip, 16–18
Pharsalus, 137–138
Philippi, 137–138
Philo of Alexandria, 154–157
physicians in ancient world, 76–77
Pisonian Conspiracy, 197–198
Plato
Cicero, influence on, 52–53, 79–81
head as locus of reason, 51–52
physician analogy, 78–79
Statesman, 78–79
Timaeus, 51–52
Plutarch
Life of Cato Maior, 36, 77
Life of Galba, 199–201
Life of Pompey, 89–90
Year of the Four Emperors, 199–201
Pocock, J.G.A., 15–16
Polybius, 112–113
Pompey Magnus
body politic, healer of, 89–91
boy butcher, 141–142
death of, 137, 187–193
Roman Republic, 4–13
constitution, 8
definition, 7–8
downfall, 12
popular sovereignty, 9–12
regal elements, 13
res publica, meaning, 4–7
Roman Republicanism, 13–20
conflictualism, 18–20
Imperial reception, 195–196
liberty as non-domination, 16–18
neo-republicanism, 16–18
Sallust
antagonistic politics, 19, 45–47
Bellum Catilinae, 68–70
Bellum Iugurthinum, 45–47, 70–71
libertas, 45–46, 69
metus hostilis, 45, 69
virtus, loss of, 69–70
Seneca the Elder, 150–154
Ages of Man tradition, 151–152
body politic, regression to infancy, 151–154
composition of Historiae, 150–151
libertas, loss of, 153–154
Seneca the Younger
Augustus, 176
autocracy, acknowledgment of, 166–167
beehive metaphor, 171–172, 178–179
Caligula, 184
Cato the Younger, 165
Claudius, 176–177
clemency as curative, 167–168, 173
Consolatio ad Polybium, 157, 160
cruelty as pestilential, 167–168
De Beneficiis, 184
De Clementia, 172–178, 185
De Ira, 184
Epistulae Morales, 65, 165, 178–181
interdependence of ruler and ruled, 167–172
Marius Gratidianus, 184
mind–body duality, 168–170, 178–180
Nero as animus, 168–170, 177–178
Nero as civic healer, 173–176
Nero as head of state, 172
Nero as vinculum, 170
Pisonian Conspiracy, 197
Sulla, 185
wise king doctrine, 165–166
Sestius, Publius, 86–88
Skinner, Quentin, 14–15
societas, 34, 39, 66
stasis, 63
succession, problem of, 140–150
Sulla, Lucius Cornelius
body politic, consumer of, 156–157, 184–185
body politic, surgeon to, 182–186
Tacitus
Annales, 90, 96–97, 147–148, 197
Capitoline Hill, 201–202
Historiae, 198–199, 201–202
interregnum, 147–148
Pisonian Conspiracy, 197–198
Year of the Four Emperors, 198–199
Tiberius
assumption of power, 147–148
body politic, consumer of, 156–157
body politic, eyes of, 145–147
body politic, head of, 144, 147–148
salutaris princeps, 142–143
transfer of power. See succession, problem of
unsociability of monarchy, 158–159
utilitas, 34
Valerius Maximus, 140–147, 156
body politic, eyes of, 146–147
body politic, healed, 142–143
body politic, wounded, 141–142
civil war, 141–142
Drusus the Elder, 146–147
Fable of the Belly, 148–149
Tiberius, 142–143
Valgius Rufus, Gaius, 101–102
Varro
body politic, decline of, 65–68
body politic, multi-headed, 58–59
body politic, urban geography of, 50–51
De Lingua Latina, 38
De Vita Populi Romani, 57–58, 65–68
popular politics of, 37–38
Saturae Menippeae, 50
Trikaranos, 58–59
Vatinius, Publius, 88
Velleius Paterculus, 140–147
Augustus, 143–144
body politic, healed, 142–144
body politic, two-headed, 144–145
body politic, wounded, 141–142
civil war, 141–142
eyes of, 145–146
Tiberius, 144–146
Vergil
Aeneid, 100–101
Georgics, 134, 171, 178–179
Vespasian, 202–203
viticulture as metaphor, 121–122
Year of the Four Emperors, 198–202

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Why this information is here

This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

Accessibility Information

Accessibility compliance for the HTML of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

  • Index
  • Julia Mebane, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: The Body Politic in Roman Political Thought
  • Online publication: 01 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009389334.010
Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

  • Index
  • Julia Mebane, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: The Body Politic in Roman Political Thought
  • Online publication: 01 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009389334.010
Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

  • Index
  • Julia Mebane, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: The Body Politic in Roman Political Thought
  • Online publication: 01 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009389334.010
Available formats
×