| Cicero: Pro Murena Contributor(s): Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author), Cicero (Author), MacDonald, C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0862920108 ISBN-13: 9780862920104 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1991 Annotation: This is a complete critical edition of Cicero's Cato Maior de Senectute (On Old Age )with an introduction and commentary. The text is based on a fresh examination of the manuscript tradition while the introduction aims to place the work in the context of Cicero's writings on old age in the ancient world. The Roman and Ciceronian qualities of the work are emphasized, rather than the search for lost sources that occupied scholars in the past. Matters of text, language, and content are all considered equally in the commentary. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines - Social Science | Gerontology - Foreign Language Study | Latin |
| Dewey: 305.26 |
| Lexile Measure: 1340 |
| Series: Cicero |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.06" W x 7.26" (0.50 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Roman statesman Lucius Licinius Murena led legions in the Mithridatic Wars and subsequently became administrator of Transalpine Gaul. On his election as consul in 62 BC he was accused of bribery and defended by (among others) Cicero, in this famous speech. Murena was acquitted, though the balance of opinion is that he was probably guilty. This school edition includes introduction, the Latin text, notes and vocabulary. |