Quintus Cicero: A Brief Handbook on Canvassing for Office (Commentariolum Petitionis)

ISBN-13: 9780198153078 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 368 str.

W. Jeffrey Tatum

Opis

Rome's annual elections were central to civic and political life, and Quintus Cicero's Brief Handbook is our fullest account of campaigning for office in the republican era. This new translation with introduction and commentary offers a detailed examination of this important text, treating both its historical and literary dimensions.

Recenzje

T.'s treatment succeeds admirably both in introducing the text to those approaching it for the first time, and also in arguing for a more nuanced appreciation of the text's literary qualities and historical specificity. It will be of interest to all those concerned with late republican politics and culture, as well as indispensable for those studying the Handbook itself. Edwin Shaw, University of Bristol, Classics Ireland

O autorze

W. Jeffrey Tatum received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. He then joined the Florida State University, where he was Olivia Nelson Dorman Professor of Classics, before moving to become a member of the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney. Since 2010 he has been Professor of Classics at Victoria University of Wellington, and has also held the positions of De Carle Distinguished Lecturer in the Humanities at the University of Otago, Visiting Professor of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, and Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at Edinburgh and the Institute for Classical Studies at the University of London.