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Libertination and trustworthiness in Cicero’s correspondence

Kristof Vermote (UGent)
(2020) LATOMUS. 79(2). p.398-421
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This article provides an original contribution to the ongoing debate on the social roles of Roman freedmen by examining the performativity of libertination – the explicit reference to an agent by the term libertus – in the epistolary networking of Cicero and his correspondents. Because many ex-slaves were counted among the elite’s most confidential personnel, the discursive use of libertination established a paratextual aura of trustworthiness that smoothed potentially delicate interactions. Contrary to previous studies that consider libertination mainly as a stratifying or even stigmatising label (accentuating an inferior legal status), this contribution suggests that it was, at least in epistolary discourse, a valuable asset readily resorted to by letter writers who were looking for ways to present their messages as reliable representations of their own thoughts and opinions.

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MLA
Vermote, Kristof. “Libertination and Trustworthiness in Cicero’s Correspondence.” LATOMUS, vol. 79, no. 2, 2020, pp. 398–421, doi:10.2143/LAT.79.2.3288657.
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Vermote, K. (2020). Libertination and trustworthiness in Cicero’s correspondence. LATOMUS, 79(2), 398–421. https://doi.org/10.2143/LAT.79.2.3288657
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Vermote, Kristof. 2020. “Libertination and Trustworthiness in Cicero’s Correspondence.” LATOMUS 79 (2): 398–421. https://doi.org/10.2143/LAT.79.2.3288657.
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Vermote, Kristof. 2020. “Libertination and Trustworthiness in Cicero’s Correspondence.” LATOMUS 79 (2): 398–421. doi:10.2143/LAT.79.2.3288657.
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Vermote K. Libertination and trustworthiness in Cicero’s correspondence. LATOMUS. 2020;79(2):398–421.
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K. Vermote, “Libertination and trustworthiness in Cicero’s correspondence,” LATOMUS, vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 398–421, 2020.
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