'Populares' and 'circumcelliones'
The vocabulary of 'fallen man' in Cicero and St. Augustine
Augustine's attacks on the circumcelliones, bands of dispossessed Dontist peasants who were ravaging North Africa, compare closely with those of Cicero against the populares in the Pro Sestio, particulary in the use of such words as furor, audax, and perditus. Augustine's use of Cicero's political t...
Author: | Neal West |
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Volume: | VII |
Pages: | 33-51 |
Notes: | Exeter |
Periodical: | History of political thought |
Format: | Article |
Topic: | -
Biography
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Northern Africa
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Church, Liturgy, African Monachism
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Circoncellions
- Biography > Relations and Sources > Donatism. Tyconius > Donatists - Biography > Relations and Sources > Platonism - Neo-platonism > Platonism of Varro, Cicero and Virgil > Cicero |
Status: | Needs Review |
Summary: | Augustine's attacks on the circumcelliones, bands of dispossessed Dontist peasants who were ravaging North Africa, compare closely with those of Cicero against the populares in the Pro Sestio, particulary in the use of such words as furor, audax, and perditus. Augustine's use of Cicero's political terminology may indicate that Augustine viewed the Donatist as an essentially political movement. |
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