Question: What can be discovered from Cicero’s correspondence and other writings of the concept of otium (leisure) and the evaluation of its pursuits in the late Republic?
Answer: For Cicero, a man’s otium was simply time spent free from political duties’[1] but how that otium was spent varied and its exact ideal remains undefined.’ Cicero’s letters and the evidence from other ancient sources as well as the archaeological evidence and plethora of work from modern historians, lends a basic understanding of the concept of otium....(short extract)
To download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit 3 of your essays.
- Subject: History
- Course: Ancient History
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 60%
- Words: 1196
- Date submitted: August 31, 2009
- Date written: Not available
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2059
