Catilinarians

Catilinarians

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-04-10

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780521832861

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A commentary for students on the four speeches delivered by Cicero during the crisis of 63 BC, when, as consul, he faced a conspiracy to overthrow the Roman state launched by the frustrated consular candidate Lucius Sergius Catilina. They show him at the height of his oratorical powers and political influence.


Cicero's Catilinarians

Cicero's Catilinarians

Author: D. H. Berry

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2020-06-11

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0197510825

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The Catilinarians are a set of four speeches that Cicero, while consul in 63 BC, delivered before the senate and the Roman people against the conspirator Catiline and his followers. Or are they? Cicero did not publish the speeches until three years later, and he substantially revised them before publication, rewriting some passages and adding others, all with the aim of justifying the action he had taken against the conspirators and memorializing his own role in the suppression of the conspiracy. How, then, should we interpret these speeches as literature? Can we treat them as representing what Cicero actually said? Or do we have to read them merely as political pamphlets from a later time? In this, the first book-length discussion of these famous speeches, D. H. Berry clarifies what the speeches actually are and explains how he believes we should approach them. In addition, the book contains a full and up-to-date account of the Catilinarian conspiracy and a survey of the influence that the story of Catiline has had on writers such as Sallust and Virgil, Ben Jonson and Henrik Ibsen, from antiquity to the present day.


O Tempora! O Mores!

O Tempora! O Mores!

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780806136615

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O Tempora! O Mores! is designed to fit a variety of pedagogical approaches. Shapiro's historical essays bring a new dimension to Latin study, explaining the history and politics behind the texts. The volume is further amplified by a vocabulary, maps, a bibliography, and appendices.


The First Oration Against C. Verres

The First Oration Against C. Verres

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019485590

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The First Oration Against C Verres is a classic work of Roman oratory by the famous statesman and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero. The speech was delivered in 70 BCE in defense of the Sicilian people against the corrupt practices of the governor Verres. The speech is a masterpiece of rhetorical persuasion and a scathing indictment of Verres' crimes. The book provides a fascinating glimpse into the politics, law, and culture of ancient Rome. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Cicero's Catilinarians

Cicero's Catilinarians

Author: D. H. Berry

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0195326466

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The Catilinarians are a set of four speeches that Cicero, while consul in 63 BC, delivered before the senate and the Roman people against the conspirator Catiline and his followers. Or are they? Cicero did not publish the speeches until three years later, and he substantially revised them before publication, rewriting some passages and adding others, all with the aim of justifying the action he had taken against the conspirators and memorializing his own role in the suppression of the conspiracy. How, then, should we interpret these speeches as literature? Can we treat them as representing what Cicero actually said? Or do we have to read them merely as political pamphlets from a later time? In this, the first book-length discussion of these famous speeches, D. H. Berry clarifies what the speeches actually are and explains how he believes we should approach them. In addition, the book contains a full and up-to-date account of the Catilinarian conspiracy and a survey of the influence that the story of Catiline has had on writers such as Sallust and Virgil, Ben Jonson and Henrik Ibsen, from antiquity to the present day.


Cicero: Pro Marco Caelio

Cicero: Pro Marco Caelio

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-04-18

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1107014425

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New edition of and detailed commentary on perhaps Cicero's best-loved speech, suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.


Cicero and Roman Education

Cicero and Roman Education

Author: Giuseppe La Bua

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-02-07

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1107068584

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Presents the first full-length, systematic study of the reception of Cicero's speeches in the Roman educational system.


The Cambridge Companion to Cicero

The Cambridge Companion to Cicero

Author: C. E. W. Steel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-05-02

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 0521509939

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A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity.


Sallust's Bellum Catilinae

Sallust's Bellum Catilinae

Author: J. T. Ramsey

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2007-01-27

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0199886466

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In his Bellum Catilinae, C. Sallustius Crispus or Sallust (86-35/34 B.C.) recounts the dramatic events of 63 B.C., when a disgruntled and impoverished nobleman, L. Sergius Catilina, turned to armed revolution after two electoral defeats. Among his followers were a group of heavily indebted young aristocrats, the Roman poor, and a military force in the north of Italy. With his trademark archaizing style, Sallust skillfully captures the drama of the times, including an early morning attempt to assassinate the consul Cicero and two emotionally charged speeches, by Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger, in a senatorial debate over the fate of the arrested conspirators. Sallust wrote while the Roman Republic was being transformed into an empire during the turbulent first century B.C. The Bellum Catilinae is well-suited for second-year or advanced Latin study and provides a fitting introduction to the richness of Latin literature, while also pointing the way to a critical investigation of late-Republican government and historiography. Ramsey's introduction and commentary bring the text to life for Latin students. This new edition (updated since the 2007 printing) includes two maps and two city plans, an updated and now annotated bibliography, a list of divergences from the 1991 Oxford Classical Text of Sallust, and revisions in the introduction and commentary.