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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452076103321

Autore

Sallust <86 B.C.-34 B.C.>

Titolo

Sallust's Bellum Catilinae [[electronic resource] /] / edited, with introduction and commentary, by J. T. Ramsey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-182802-5

1-281-34210-6

9786611342104

0-19-972451-2

1-4356-3337-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

American Philological Association texts and commentaries series

Altri autori (Persone)

RamseyJ. T (John T.)

Disciplina

937/.05

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Rome History Conspiracy of Catiline, 65-62 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-244) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; MAPS AND PLANS; LIST OF DIVERGENCES FROM OCT EDITION; INTRODUCTION; I. LIFE OF SALLUST; II. THE WRITINGS OF SALLUST; III. SALLUST'S CONTRIBUTION TO ROMAN HISTRIOGRAPHY; IV. SALLUST'S STYLE; V. THE TEXTUAL TRADITION; VI. SUMMARY OF THE CATILINARIAN CONSPIRACY; VII. STRUCTURE OF THE BELLUM CATILINAE; VARIATIONS FROM THE TEXTS OF ERNOUT AND KURFESS; SIGLA; TEXT; COMMENTARY; APPENDICES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX NOMINUM; INDEX RERUM; INDEX VERBORUM

Sommario/riassunto

Maps & Plans. List of Divergences from OCT Edition. INTRODUCTION. I. Life of Sallust. Date of Birth. Family and Boyhood. Political Career. Service under Caesar. Retirement from Public Life. II. The Writings of Sallust. The Genuine Works. Time of Writing. III. Sallust's Contribution to Roman Histiography. State of Roman Historiography before Sallust. Choice of Topic. Sources of the BELLUM CATILINAE. IV. Sallust's Style. Influence of Thucydides. Debt of Cato. Sallustian Traits: Brevity, Vocabulary, Grammar and Syntax, Inconcinnitas. V. The Textual Tradition. VI. Summary of the Catilinarian Consp