Cover -- Political Conversations In Late Republican Rome -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List Of Figures And Tables -- Introduction -- Why Are Conversations Important? -- Senatorial Relationships And Roman Politics -- Outline Of The Book -- 1: A Wider Definition Of Politics And Political Participation -- 1.1 Extra-institutional Politics -- 1.2 What Is Politics And Political Participation? -- 2: Sources For Political Conversations In Late Republican Rome -- 2.1 Why The Letters Of Cicero? -- 2.2 Why Do Later Sources Display A Different Perspective? 3: Face-to-face Meetings -- 3.1 Le Métier Du Sénateur Romain: The Importance Of Being Present In Rome (or Nearby) -- 3.2 The Importance Of Meeting In Person -- 3.2.1 The 'circulatory System' -- 3.2.2 The Limitations Of Letters -- 3.2.3 Face-to-face Meetings As Problem-solving: The Encounters Of 49 -- 3.2.4 Physical Presence And Negotiation -- 3.2.5 Caesar As Ruler And Face-to-face Meetings -- 3.3 The Myth Of Senatorial Meetings: The 'conference Of Luca' -- 3.3.1 The 'standard Version' Of The 'conference Of Luca' -- 3.3.2 The Logistics Of Senatorial 'conferences' 3.3.3 Caesar's Face-to-face Politics During His Proconsulship In Gaul -- 3.3.4 The 'conference Of Luca' As A Litmus Test For Being Connected Or Disconnected -- 3.4 Conclusion -- Appendix: Informal Meetings January-may 49 -- 4: How To Have Conversations -- 4.1 The Early Socialization Of The Roman Elite -- 4.2 The Social Expectations Governing Conversation -- 4.2.1 Learning How To Have A Conversation -- 4.2.2 Social Expectations: Dynamics Of Conversations -- 4.2.3 Conversations And Disagreement -- 4.2.4 Conversations And Placating Anger -- 4.3 Occasions For Conversation -- 4.3.1 Dinners 4.3.2 Senaculum -- 4.3.3 Consilia And Meetings -- 4.4 Conclusions -- 5: Dynamics Of Conversations -- 5.1 Methodological Issues -- 5.2 Conversations, Insider Information, Speculations, And Predictions -- 5.3 Non-verbal Information: Gestures, Feelings, And Impressions -- 5.4 Conversations Transmitted In Direct Speech: Case Studies -- 5.4.1 Cicero And Caesar (28 March 49) -- 5.4.2 Curio And Cicero (14 April 49) -- 5.4.3 The So-called Consilium Of June 44 (group Conversation) -- 5.5 A Non-ciceronian Perspective On Conversation -- 5.6 Conclusions -- 6: Oral Circulation Of Information 6.1 Circulation Of Information -- 6.1.1 What Kind Of Information Was Sought? -- 6.1.2 Requesting And Fishing For Information -- 6.1.3 The Connection And Disconnection Of The Flow Of Information -- 6.2 Control Of Information -- 6.2.1 Could The Circulation Of Information Be Restricted? -- 6.2.2 When Things Got Out Of Control: Leaked Conversations -- 6.3 Conclusions -- 7: The Role Of Non-senatorial Actors In Conversations And Meetings -- 7.1 How To Identify And Refer To These Actors? -- 7.2 Non-senatorial Actors: Analysis -- 7.2.1 Freedmen -- 7.2.2 Elite Women -- 7.2.3 Non-elite Women Cristina Rosillo-lópez. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.