Salustije o Marku Antoniju

Abstract

Iako se sa izvesnošću može reći da Salustije Krisp nije bio pristalica režima Drugog Trijumvirata, nema direktnih svedočanstava da je on nastupao protiv režima koji su uspostavili Oktavijan, Marko Antonije i Lepid. Uprkos tome, niz indicija, čija ukupna vrednost ima snagu dokaza, govori da je Salustije bio nezadovoljan ili razočaran političkom situacijom u Rimu posle ubistva Cezara. Cilj ovog rada je da se pokaže kako je TA skrivena i oprezna kritika uperena i protiv Marka Antonija lično. Na primer, Salustije, između ostalog, izobličava postupak Lucija Antonija, Markovog brata (Cat. 51.36) i predstavlja niz ljudi bliskih Marku Antoniju u krajnje nepovoljnom svetlu. Konačno, verujem da Salustijeva (za antička shvatanja iznenađujuća) primedba o lovu kao ropskom poslu (servilium officium, Cat. 4.1) jeste aluzija na ponašanje Marka Antonija, koji se u času nastanka Katilinine zavere (kako je tvrdila njemu neprijateljska propaganda) u društvu kraljice Kleopatre oblačio kao rob, ali se i bavio lovom (Plut. Ant. 29.1).

It was previously postulated and convincingly shown that Sallust was not a friend of Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus' regime, although there is no information that he openly opposed the Triumvirs. Sallust's retirement from public office after Caesar's death and more than one allusion to contemporary politics in his monographs leave no space for any other conclusion. The aim of this contribution is to show that Sallust's hidden critique - which was the only possible at the time when the memories of recent sufferings during the Civil War and proscriptions were still strong - was specially aimed against Mark Antony. Concluding argument - but not the only one - could be found in Sallust's (so far) unclear remark on hunting as servilium officium (Cat. 4.1): in fact, well known scandalous behaviour of Mark Antony and Cleopatra included hunting (Plut. Ant. 29.1).