| Cicero: Pro Roscio Amerino Contributor(s): Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author), Cicero (Author), Donkins, E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0862921848 ISBN-13: 9780862921842 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats 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: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 305.26 |
| Lexile Measure: 1330 |
| Series: Bcp Latin Texts |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.56" W x 8.52" (0.49 lbs) 172 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cicero's speech on behalf of Roscius of Ameria in Umbria represents his first public 'cause celebre' in 80 BC when he was just twenty-six. It followed closely the notorius proscriptions made under hte dictator Sulla. One of Sulla's freedman favourites, Chrysogonus, had criminally contrived to have Roscius' wealthy father's name added to the list of the proscribed after his death and after closure of the list, with the aim of depriving Roscius of his substantial inheritance. Cicero's speech, one of his most straightforward and yet powerful, brought him into immediate political danger but at the same time established him as a fearless forensic orator. Donkin's edition, first published as one of the history 'red Macmillan' series, has never been bettered for its concise, yet detailed, introduction and its annotation covering matters of language and content. |