Cicero, Seneca, and the Transition from Republic to Empire

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Cicero, Seneca, and the Transition from Republic to Empire

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Edmund and Benjamin dig into Roman history, focusing on shifts in the legitimation stories as the republic becomes an empire. They discuss the evolution of the Platonic academy in the Roman period and spend some time with Stoicism.

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Cicero, Seneca, and the Transition from Republic to Empire

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