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.

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.

Physical Description:

xvi, 493 p. : maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

A new translation of, and commentary on, Cicero's defence of Publius Sestius against a charge of public violence. The speech provides any student of Rome with a fascinating way into the period and is also among the best introductions we have to traditional Republican values and ethics in action. - ;A new translation of, and commentary on, Cicero's defence 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. - ;...constantly enlightening and extremely broad in its scope... - Bryn Mawr Reviews.

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:

Translated from the Latin.

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

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ISBN:

9780191844669

9780191536151

0191536156

OCLC:

609831673