Cicero, Agrarian Speeches: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary

Author:   Gesine Manuwald (Professor of Latin, Professor of Latin, University College London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198715405


Pages:   536
Publication Date:   08 February 2018
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Author:   Gesine Manuwald (Professor of Latin, Professor of Latin, University College London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.946kg
ISBN:  

9780198715405


ISBN 10:   0198715404
Pages:   536
Publication Date:   08 February 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Introduction 1. Scholarship  2. Historical background  2.1. The political situation in 64/63 BCE 2.2. Roman agrarian laws  2.2.1. Roman agrarian laws (before and after 64/63 BCE) and Cicero's position 2.2.2. Rullus' agrarian bill of 64/63 BCE 2.3. Procedural context  2.4. Cicero the consul  3. The corpus of the Agrarian Speeches 3.1. Title and structure  3.2. Delivery and publication  3.3. Political and rhetorical strategies 4. Note on text and translation  Text and translation Testimonia  De lege agraria 1 / Agrarian Speech 1  De lege agraria 2 / Agrarian Speech 2 De lege agraria 3 / Agrarian Speech 3 Commentary Testimonia  Introduction  Notes  Agrarian Speech 1  Introduction  Outline of structure and contents Notes  Agrarian Speech 2  Introduction  Outline of structure and contents Notes  Agrarian Speech 3  Introduction  Outline of structure and contents Notes  Endmatter Bibliography 1. Editions, commentaries, and translations of Cicero's Agrarian Speeches 2. Other works cited  Indexes   1. Names (of people and places) 2. Subjects

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It should be emphasized that Manuwald has provided a much-needed tool that students of these speeches will return to with profit again and again. * Andrew R. Dyck, Bryn Ma wr Classical Review *


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Gesine Manuwald is Professor of Latin at University College London. Her research interests cover Roman oratory, drama, and epic, and also reception studies, especially in the field of Neo-Latin literature. She has published widely across all of these subjects.

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