>What are the chances of this programme being re-aired or recorded >(perhaps by our PBS) I would be interested in this, having discussed >the Catilinarian orations and the various intrigues of the time.
I too would be interested in seeing this, but I see one flaw in the reasoning: >The thesis was the C deliberately laid himself open to assassination, >motivated by a mixture of ill-health and plans for the future of Rome. >The evidence is his claim to illness in the face of a Senate delegation, >remarks of the 'I have lived long enough for nature and for reputation' >style (I'm not sure that that was actually quoted) and his refusal to be >surrounded with bodyguards. His plan was to show the Romans that if >they >rejected him as king they would find themselves forced to accept his >nominated heir, so he would be a real king even in death. All this was >fitted, with scientific flourish, into the pattern of symptoms and >thoughts characteristic of frontal lobe epilepsy. That flaw, of course, is the notion of Romans being "forced to accept his nominated heir": Antony and Lepidus seemed to have rather different ideas about who would or should succeed Caesar and were readily available alternatives. James L. P. Butrica Department of Classics The Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's NL A1C 5S7 (709) 737-7914 / (709) 753-5799 (home) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
