LEADER 03049nam 2200493 a 450 001 9910814050803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 0 $a9780191536151 010 0 $a0191536156 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7038579 035 $a(CKB)24235083500041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430987 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4701916 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430987 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271515 035 $a(OCoLC)609831673 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235083500041 100 $a20060314d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSpeech on behalf of Publius Sestius /$fMarcus Tullius Cicero ; translated with introduction and commentary by Robert A. Kaster 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford $cClarendon Press ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $axvi, 493 p. $cmaps 225 1 $aClarendon ancient history series 300 $aTranslated from the Latin. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [438]-462) and index. 327 $a'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. 330 $aA new translation of, and commentary on, Cicero's defence of Publius Sestius against a charge of public violence. The speech provides any student of Rome with a fascinating way into the period and is also among the best introductions we have to traditional Republican values and ethics in action. - ;A new translation of, and commentary on, Cicero's defence of Publius Sestius against a charge of public violence. Pro Sestio is arguably the most important of Cicero's political speeches that survive from the nearly two decades separating the Speeches against Catiline and the Second Philippic. Its account of recent history provides any student of Rome with a fascinating way into the period; its depiction of public meetings, demonstrations, and violence are highly pertinent. to the current debate on the place of 'the crowd in Rome in the late Republic'; the speech is also among the best introductions we have to traditional Republican values and ethics in action. - ;...constantly enlightening and extremely broad in its scope... - Bryn Mawr Reviews. 410 0$aClarendon ancient history series. 676 $a875/.01 700 $aCicero$b Marcus Tullius$082411 701 $aKaster$b Robert A$0326432 701 $aSestius$b Publius$01692969 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814050803321 996 $aSpeech on behalf of Publius Sestius$94070442 997 $aUNINA