Pro Rabirio Postumo

ISBN-13: 9780199240968 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 250 str.

Mary Siani-Davies; Mary Siani-Davies; Mary Siani-Davies

Opis

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.

Recenzje

This excellent and useful volume presents the first English-language commentary on this brief but historically important speech since the 19th century mainly philological commentary of George Long ... Mary Siani-Davies has done us all a great service with this honed and careful publication