Pro Rabirio Postumo / Marcus Tullius Cicero ; translated with introduction and commentary by Mary Siani-Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Contributor:

Siani-Davies, Mary

Series:

Clarendon ancient history series

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin--Translations into English.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin.

Rabirius Postumus, Gaius.

Physical Description:

xiv, 282 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Cicero's speech delivered in the mid 50s BC in defense of Gaius Rabirius Postumus was the last of a series of trials which followed the restoration of the Egyptian king, Ptolemy XII Auletes, to his throne. This book provides a new translation the speech and the first commentary in English of a work which is a major source for Roman and Egyptian history at the time of the late Republic. The extensive introduction furnishes a comprehensive review of the events surrounding the trial as well as a significant reappraisal of the career of Rabirius Postumus who is shown to be a major actor on the Roman political stage. The detailed commentary discusses historical and legal points and also includes a number of important textual emendations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-246) and indexes.

ISBN:

0199240965

OCLC:

44775442