Temps cyclique et temps linéaire à la fin de la République

The intensified sense of decadence in late Republic gave rise to the necessity of explaining the historical evolution of the Roman res publica in deterministic terms. The cyclical and the linear view of time, which were concepts with a long philosophical and literary history, were used for the first time during this period in order to reconstruct the historical timeline of a specific body politic. The way in which each author reworks these theories reflects his ideological interpretation of the causes of the decadence and the future of the res publica.Vassiliades Georges. Temps cyclique et temps linéaire à la fin de la République. In: Vita Latina, N°197-198, 2018. pp. 51-76