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Cicero Marcus Tullius |
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Titolo |
Speech on behalf of Publius Sestius / / Marcus Tullius Cicero ; translated with introduction and commentary by Robert A. Kaster |
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Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Clarendon ancient history series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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KasterRobert A |
SestiusPublius |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Translated from the Latin. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [438]-462) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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'This drama ... of my actions and their outcomes': Cicero, exile, and the 'standard version' -- The defendant, the charge, and the trial -- Cicero's speech : structure, premises, strategy -- 'Tranquillity joined with worthy standing' -- Epilogue : aftermath -- A note on the translation -- Translation -- Commentary -- Appendix 1. Ciceronian chronology, 58-56 BCE -- Appendix 2. Clodius' 'incest' -- Appendix 3. The geographic terms of Cicero's exile -- Appendix 4. The text. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A new translation of, and commentary on, Cicero's defence of Publius Sestius against a charge of public violence. The speech provides any student of Rome with a fascinating way into the period and is also among the best introductions we have to traditional Republican values and ethics in action. - ;A new translation of, and commentary on, Cicero's defence of Publius Sestius against a charge of public violence. Pro Sestio is arguably the most important of Cicero's political speeches that survive from the nearly two decades separating the Speeches against Catiline and the Second Philippic. Its account of recent history provides any student of Rome with a fascinating way into the period; its depiction of public meetings, demonstrations, and violence are highly pertinent. to the current debate on the place of 'the crowd in Rome in |
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the late Republic'; the speech is also among the best introductions we have to traditional Republican values and ethics in action. - ;...constantly enlightening and extremely broad in its scope... - Bryn Mawr Reviews. |
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