Tácito e a retórica da decadência: um estudo sobre memória, identidade e educação à época de Domiciano

Abstract

In this dissertation, we investigate the political action through the use of oratory, its teaching, transformation and its influence during the first century of our era, in the Roman Principality under the government of Tito Flavio Domitian (81-96 A.D). In order to do so, The Dialogue of the Orators of the historian and Roman senator Publio (Caio) Cornélio Tacitus (55-117? A.D.) was used as a main source of investigation. The study sought to analyze the political trajectory of Tacitus and to address the main themes of his five works (Agricola, Germany, A Dialogue on Oratory, The History and The Annals); to discuss the personal and political aspects of the author's life through the concepts of memory and identity; to introduce the biography and to understand the moralizing reforms done by the last Flavian ruler; and to reflect on Roman oratory, its study and the political activity in Domitian.