The Orators in Cicero's Brutus : Prosopography and Chronology / G.V. Sumner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sumner, G.V., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Brutus.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Brutus (Cicero, Marcus Tullius).

Statesmen--Rome--Biography.

Statesmen.

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C--Chronology.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Special problems are presented to prospographers and historians of the Roman Republic who attempt to determine the chronological structure of Cicero's Brutus. Over two hundred orators who figured actively in Roman politics from the time of the Punic Wars to that of Civil War are cited in the dialogue. Professor Sumner presents their probable birth-dates and careers in the form of a register, followed by a commentary concentrating on the controversial points in the Brutus, to give a systematic basis to our understanding of the problems of the historical aspects of the dialogue and Cicero's organization of it. Professor Sumner has worked primarily from the historian's viewpoint. In his words: 'the study of the chronological structure of the Brutus should be considered the vertebra of the monograph, but the body of the work is the prosopographical commentary, while the examination of Cicero's prosoporgraphical and chronographic resources and methods is an essential adjunct.' For scholars and students of early Rome this analysis is a valuable addition to current knowledge.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

I. Register of Orators

II. Prosopogra phical Commentary

III. The Chronological Structure

IV. Cicero's Knowledge of Orators' Birth-Dates

Appendix: Cicero at Work

Select Bibliography

Index Prosopographicus

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7402-9

OCLC:

1129219589