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Volume 1 | Monograph | Il tesoro di Cipro

Il tesoro di Cipro

Clodio, Catone e la conquista romana dell’isola

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Lorenzo Calvelli - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile

Abstract

In 58 BCE, Cyprus, an island rich in natural resources and an ancient stronghold of the Ptolemaic dynasty in the Eastern Mediterranean, was declared property of the Roman people. The decision was promoted by the tribune P. Clodius Pulcher, who had Cato the Younger appointed as leader of the expedition in charge of confiscating the patrimony of the king of the island. Clodius and Cato shared multiple interests in a crucial area for Roman expansion and formed an unlikely and unexpected partnership. The conquest of Cyprus saw Roman foreign policy shaped by internal political debate and the ambitions of the great personalities of the day. This book investigates how the Romans acquired Cyprus and bolstered the connectivity of the island, which became part of an extensive commercial and strategic network. The legal basis, motives, development and effects of the conquest are the object of a thorough investigation, carried out through the close scrutiny of a rich set of ancient documents, some of which have only recently been discovered or have not yet been fully appraised by scholars.

Keywords Cicero • Roman History • Papyrology • Cato the Younger • Epigraphy • Cyprus • Roman Politics • Clodius • Caesar • Ptolemies • Ancient Historiography • Egypt • Mediterranean History • Hellenistic History • Pompey

Copyright © 2020 Lorenzo Calvelli. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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Introduzione
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1 • I provvedimenti legislativi del 58 a.C.
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2 • Le motivazioni della conquista
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3 • La missione di Catone a Cipro
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4 • Il rientro a Roma di Catone
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Conclusioni
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dc.creator	Calvelli Lorenzo
dc.title	Il tesoro di Cipro. Clodio, Catone e la conquista romana dell’isola
dc.type	Monograph
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dc.description.abstract	In 58 BCE, Cyprus, an island rich in natural resources and an ancient stronghold of the Ptolemaic dynasty in the Eastern Mediterranean, was declared property of the Roman people. The decision was promoted by the tribune P. Clodius Pulcher, who had Cato the Younger appointed as leader of the expedition in charge of confiscating the patrimony of the king of the island. Clodius and Cato shared multiple interests in a crucial area for Roman expansion and formed an unlikely and unexpected partnership. The conquest of Cyprus saw Roman foreign policy shaped by internal political debate and the ambitions of the great personalities of the day. This book investigates how the Romans acquired Cyprus and bolstered the connectivity of the island, which became part of an extensive commercial and strategic network. The legal basis, motives, development and effects of the conquest are the object of a thorough investigation, carried out through the close scrutiny of a rich set of ancient documents, some of which have only recently been discovered or have not yet been fully appraised by scholars.
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dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-444-8
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-10-30
dc.dateAccepted	2020-09-15
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-06-15
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dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-444-8
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Ancient Historiography
dc.subject	Caesar
dc.subject	Cato the Younger
dc.subject	Cicero
dc.subject	Clodius
dc.subject	Cyprus
dc.subject	Egypt
dc.subject	Epigraphy
dc.subject	Hellenistic History
dc.subject	Mediterranean History
dc.subject	Papyrology
dc.subject	Pompey
dc.subject	Ptolemies
dc.subject	Roman History
dc.subject	Roman Politics
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