This Title Brings Together Contributions Which Rethink The Role Of Public Speech In The Roman Republic. With Careful Attention To A Range Of Evidence, It Shines A Light On Orators And Considers The Oratory Of Diplomatic Exchanges And Impromptu Heckling And Repartee Alongside The Familiar Genres Of Forensic And Political Speech. Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I Citizens, Speech, And The Roman Res Publica -- 1. Friends, Romans, Countrymen: Addressing The Roman People And The Rhetoric Of Inclusion / Karl J. Holkeskamp -- 2. `cultural Hegemony' And The Communicative Power Of The Roman Elite / Robert Morstein-marx -- 3. Feeding The Plebs With Words: The Significance Of Senatorial Public Oratory In The Small World Of Roman Politics / Martin Jehne -- 4. From Meeting To Text: The Contio In The Late Republic / Henrik Mouritsen -- Pt. Ii Strategy And Tactics In Public Speech -- 5. Beyond The Contio: Political Communication In The Tribunate Of Tiberius Gracchus / Harriet I. Flower -- 6. Speech, Competition, And Collaboration: Tribunician Politics And The Development Of Popular Ideology / Amy Russell -- 7. Publius Clodius And The Boundaries Of The Contio / James Tan -- 8. Campaign Rhetoric / W. Jeffrey Tatum -- 9. Pompeius, Helvius Mancia, And The Politics Of Public Debate / Catherine Steel -- Pt. Iii Judgements And Criticisms -- 10. Bad Orator: Between Clumsy Delivery And Political Danger / Jakob Wisse -- 11. Orator And His Audience: The Rhetorical Perspective In The Art Of Deliberation / Valentina Arena -- 12. Cicero And The Politics Of Ambiguity: Interpreting The Pro Marcello / John Dugan -- Pt. Iv Romans And Non-romans -- 13. Roman Ambassador's Speech: Public Oratory On The Diplomatic Stage / Elena Torregaray Pagola -- 14. Foreign Eloquence In The Roman Senate / Francisco Pina Polo -- 15. Provincials, Patrons, And The Rhetoric Of Repetundae / Jonathan R. W. Prag -- Pt. V Cicero's Rivals -- 16. Common (mediocris) Orator Of The Late Republic: The Scribonii Curiones / Cristina Rosillo Lopez -- 17. Fragmentary Speeches: The Oratory And Political Career Of Piso Caesoninus / Henriette Van Der Blom -- 18. Marcus Junius Brutus The Orator: Between Philosophy And Rhetoric / Andrea Balbo -- 19. Antonius, Triumvir And Orator: Career, Style, And Effectiveness / Trevor Mahy. Edited By Catherine Steel And Henriette Van Der Blom. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [345]-378) And Index.