Caesar's Pre-Battle Speech at Pharsalus (B.C. 3.85.4): Ridiculum Acri Fortius ... Secat Res

• John G. Nordling ^[1]
  1. [1] Baylor University

     Baylor University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Classical journal, ISSN 0009-8353, Vol. 101, Nº 2, 2005, págs. 183-189
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Many have noted the uniqueness of Caesar's pre-battle speech in oratio recta at Pharsalus, but no one accounts for it. The brief words played upon the soldiers' emotions in such a way that they released the equivalent of a hearty guffaw, and so fired the troops to fight and win.