Speech on behalf of Publius Sestius / Marcus Tullius Cicero ; translated with introduction and commentary by Robert A. Kaster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Contributor:

Kaster, Robert A.

Sestius, Publius.

Series:

Clarendon ancient history series

Standardized Title:

Pro Sestio. English & Latin

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Sestio.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Criticism and interpretation.

Sestius, Publius.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xvi, 493 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

This volume contains a new translation of, and commentary on, Cicero's defense of Publius Sestius against a charge of public violence. Pro Sestio is arguably the most important of Cicero's political speeches that survive from the nearly two decades separating the Speeches against Catiline and the Second Philippic. Its account of recent history provides any student of Rome with a fascinating way into the period; its depiction of public meetings, demonstrations, and violence are highly pertinent to the current debate on the place of "the crowd in Rome in the late Republic"; the speech is also among the best introductions we have to traditional Republican values and ethics in action.

Contents:

'This drama ... of my actions and their outcomes': Cicero, exile, and the 'standard version'

The defendant, the charge, and the trial

Cicero's speech : structure, premises, strategy

'Tranquillity joined with worthy standing'

Epilogue : aftermath

A note on the translation

Translation

Commentary

Appendix 1. Ciceronian chronology, 58-56 BCE

Appendix 2. Clodius' 'incest'

Appendix 3. The geographic terms of Cicero's exile

Appendix 4. The text.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [438]-462) and index.

Translated from the Latin.

ISBN:

0199283028

0199283036

9780199283026

9780199283033

OCLC:

65165394

Publisher Number:

9780199283026

9780199283033