The Art of Veiled Speech offers new insights into the historical origins of self-censorship used to temper controversial views, revealing that the human voice c

This volume deals with the topics of friendship, flattery, and frankness of speech in the Greco-Roman world. The three topics were often related, with candor or

Sidonius' rich and varied letters recount the defining stories of Roman Gaul's transition into the barbarian successor kingdoms.

Provides new insights into Cicero's political manoeuvring and the subtleties of his Latin prose.

Thomas Hobbes is one of the most important figures in the history of political philosophy. Yet a great deal of his political thought was motivated by the need t