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Dissertation by Leanne Jansen
Dissertation, 2022
The reputation of the statesman M. Tullius Cicero in the Roman imperial period (ca. 31 BC – 300 A... more The reputation of the statesman M. Tullius Cicero in the Roman imperial period (ca. 31 BC – 300 AD) is often approached from a rhetorical perspective. After all, Cicero was most influential as an orator and rhetorician — or was he? This dissertation discusses four important episodes in the reception of Cicero’s political achievements, which together demonstrate that the orator’s career is fruitfully applied by imperial historical writers to symbolize the crisis of the first-century Roman Republic. As Sallust testifies, already in the late Republic, Cicero’s skills as political leader are critically evaluated (and found wanting). In the early empire, under the influence of the Roman discourse of exemplarity, which amplifies civic virtue at the cost of anything else, Cicero’s public achievements are often overshadowed by a focus on his intellectualism. Readings of Seneca, Plutarch, Appian, and Cassius Dio show further how in the course of the first three centuries AD, Cicero’s life exemplifies the conflict between intellectual ideals and political interests. This dissertation explores step by step how Cicero became a universal icon for the problem of political morality, which, according to ancient authors, lay at the basis of the fall of the Republic.
Papers by Leanne Jansen
Portraying Cicero in Literature, Culture, and Politics, 2022
This paper investigates textualizations of Cicero’s voice. On the one hand, we will show how the ... more This paper investigates textualizations of Cicero’s voice. On the one hand, we will show how the “vox Ciceroniana” is based on soundbites and catchphrases deriving from Cicero’s speeches, which do not allude to specific intertexts, but more generally create a Ciceronian aura. On the other hand, we ask whether and how far this textualized voice can be used as a representation of Cicero himself, not only of his voice, but of the whole personality. As we will argue, Cicero himself already initiated a process of detaching his voice from his physical presence and giving it its own agenda or even agency. This separation of person and voice was fruitful for later authors who restaged or even reinvented Cicero’s voice. They relied on the symbolic value he had attributed to his voice, but also changed the sound of his voice in their attempt to re-evaluate the historical period in which he had lived.
Reading Cicero’s Final Years Receptions of the Post-Caesarian Works up to the Sixteenth Century – with two Epilogues, 2020
Open Access by De Gruyter. Funded by: Patrum Lumen Sustine-Stiftung (PLuS) Volume edited by: Ch... more Open Access by De Gruyter.
Funded by: Patrum Lumen Sustine-Stiftung (PLuS)
Volume edited by: Christoph Pieper and Bram van der Velden
Vertrouw mij! Manipulaties van Imago, 2018
Populair-wetenschappelijk artikel, dat Cassius Dio's portret van Cicero's ballingschap bespreekt.... more Populair-wetenschappelijk artikel, dat Cassius Dio's portret van Cicero's ballingschap bespreekt. In een bundel over ethos, geredigeerd door J. de Jong, O. van Marion en A. Rademaker.
Talks by Leanne Jansen
This talk explores the topic of the third chapter of my dissertation, the ethical leadership of C... more This talk explores the topic of the third chapter of my dissertation, the ethical leadership of Cicero as portrayed by Seneca and Plutarch.
Forum Antiquum, Leiden, 7 October 2021
CRASIS Ancient World Seminars, Groningen, 19 October 2021
Renaissance Society of America The Renaissance Cicero I (panel organized by Marijke Crab) 15 Apri... more Renaissance Society of America
The Renaissance Cicero I (panel organized by Marijke Crab)
15 April 2021
OIKOS Digital Work-in-Progress Day - Classical Receptions and Traditions 9 April 2021
Ritratti di Cicerone - Portraying Cicero Rome, La Sapienza, 16 May 2019
Cicero's (in)constantia through the ages Leiden, 21 June 2019
ISHR Benelux Symposium ‘Rhetoric and Morality’ Nijmegen, 19 December 2018
Celtic conference in Classics, St Andrews Panel Reading Cicero's 44 BC Through the Ages (organise... more Celtic conference in Classics, St Andrews
Panel Reading Cicero's 44 BC Through the Ages (organisers Chr. Pieper & B. van der Velden)
11-14 July 2018
Paper for AMPAL 2018 Manchester, 21-22 June.
International PhD Days Oxford-Munich-Leiden Oxford, September 2017
Talk during the two-yearly gathering at Katwijk of the Oikos group 'Language of Literature'. (pdf... more Talk during the two-yearly gathering at Katwijk of the Oikos group 'Language of Literature'. (pdf on request)
Book Reviews by Leanne Jansen
Wijsgerig Perspectief, 2020
Recensie van Coen Simon (red.), 'De handen van Cicero' (Historische Uitgeverij)
BMCR 2021.12.22 Christopher Burden-Strevens, Cassius Dio's speeches and the collapse of the Roma... more BMCR 2021.12.22
Christopher Burden-Strevens, Cassius Dio's speeches and the collapse of the Roman Republic: the Roman history, books 3-56, Historiography of Rome and its Empire, vol. 7. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2020.
Dissertation, 2022
The reputation of the statesman M. Tullius Cicero in the Roman imperial period (ca. 31 BC – 300 A... more The reputation of the statesman M. Tullius Cicero in the Roman imperial period (ca. 31 BC – 300 AD) is often approached from a rhetorical perspective. After all, Cicero was most influential as an orator and rhetorician — or was he? This dissertation discusses four important episodes in the reception of Cicero’s political achievements, which together demonstrate that the orator’s career is fruitfully applied by imperial historical writers to symbolize the crisis of the first-century Roman Republic. As Sallust testifies, already in the late Republic, Cicero’s skills as political leader are critically evaluated (and found wanting). In the early empire, under the influence of the Roman discourse of exemplarity, which amplifies civic virtue at the cost of anything else, Cicero’s public achievements are often overshadowed by a focus on his intellectualism. Readings of Seneca, Plutarch, Appian, and Cassius Dio show further how in the course of the first three centuries AD, Cicero’s life exemplifies the conflict between intellectual ideals and political interests. This dissertation explores step by step how Cicero became a universal icon for the problem of political morality, which, according to ancient authors, lay at the basis of the fall of the Republic.
Portraying Cicero in Literature, Culture, and Politics, 2022
This paper investigates textualizations of Cicero’s voice. On the one hand, we will show how the ... more This paper investigates textualizations of Cicero’s voice. On the one hand, we will show how the “vox Ciceroniana” is based on soundbites and catchphrases deriving from Cicero’s speeches, which do not allude to specific intertexts, but more generally create a Ciceronian aura. On the other hand, we ask whether and how far this textualized voice can be used as a representation of Cicero himself, not only of his voice, but of the whole personality. As we will argue, Cicero himself already initiated a process of detaching his voice from his physical presence and giving it its own agenda or even agency. This separation of person and voice was fruitful for later authors who restaged or even reinvented Cicero’s voice. They relied on the symbolic value he had attributed to his voice, but also changed the sound of his voice in their attempt to re-evaluate the historical period in which he had lived.
Reading Cicero’s Final Years Receptions of the Post-Caesarian Works up to the Sixteenth Century – with two Epilogues, 2020
Open Access by De Gruyter. Funded by: Patrum Lumen Sustine-Stiftung (PLuS) Volume edited by: Ch... more Open Access by De Gruyter.
Funded by: Patrum Lumen Sustine-Stiftung (PLuS)
Volume edited by: Christoph Pieper and Bram van der Velden
Vertrouw mij! Manipulaties van Imago, 2018
Populair-wetenschappelijk artikel, dat Cassius Dio's portret van Cicero's ballingschap bespreekt.... more Populair-wetenschappelijk artikel, dat Cassius Dio's portret van Cicero's ballingschap bespreekt. In een bundel over ethos, geredigeerd door J. de Jong, O. van Marion en A. Rademaker.
This talk explores the topic of the third chapter of my dissertation, the ethical leadership of C... more This talk explores the topic of the third chapter of my dissertation, the ethical leadership of Cicero as portrayed by Seneca and Plutarch.
Forum Antiquum, Leiden, 7 October 2021
CRASIS Ancient World Seminars, Groningen, 19 October 2021
Renaissance Society of America The Renaissance Cicero I (panel organized by Marijke Crab) 15 Apri... more Renaissance Society of America
The Renaissance Cicero I (panel organized by Marijke Crab)
15 April 2021
OIKOS Digital Work-in-Progress Day - Classical Receptions and Traditions 9 April 2021
Ritratti di Cicerone - Portraying Cicero Rome, La Sapienza, 16 May 2019
Cicero's (in)constantia through the ages Leiden, 21 June 2019
ISHR Benelux Symposium ‘Rhetoric and Morality’ Nijmegen, 19 December 2018
Celtic conference in Classics, St Andrews Panel Reading Cicero's 44 BC Through the Ages (organise... more Celtic conference in Classics, St Andrews
Panel Reading Cicero's 44 BC Through the Ages (organisers Chr. Pieper & B. van der Velden)
11-14 July 2018
Paper for AMPAL 2018 Manchester, 21-22 June.
International PhD Days Oxford-Munich-Leiden Oxford, September 2017
Talk during the two-yearly gathering at Katwijk of the Oikos group 'Language of Literature'. (pdf... more Talk during the two-yearly gathering at Katwijk of the Oikos group 'Language of Literature'. (pdf on request)
Wijsgerig Perspectief, 2020
Recensie van Coen Simon (red.), 'De handen van Cicero' (Historische Uitgeverij)
BMCR 2021.12.22 Christopher Burden-Strevens, Cassius Dio's speeches and the collapse of the Roma... more BMCR 2021.12.22
Christopher Burden-Strevens, Cassius Dio's speeches and the collapse of the Roman Republic: the Roman history, books 3-56, Historiography of Rome and its Empire, vol. 7. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2020.