The Language of Roman Letters: Bilingual Epistolography from Cicero to Fronto by Olivia Elder, Alex Mullen

The Language of Roman Letters: Bilingual Epistolography from Cicero to Fronto

Cambridge Classical Studies

Olivia Elder, Alex Mullen

346 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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Roman letters demonstrate that language has imperium: the power to resolve problems, to negotiate relationships and to construct identities. This book combines sociolinguistic and historical approaches to explore how that power is deployed by the ...

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