CICERO AS EVIDENCE C

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-921644-4
Verlag: OUP UK

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 881 g

Cicero, one of the greatest orators of all time and an important politician at the time of the downfall of the Roman Republic, has left in his writings a first-hand view of the age of Caesar and Pompey. However, readers need to learn how to interpret these writings and, as with any politician or orator, not to believe too easily what he says. This book is a guide to reading Cicero and a companion to anyone who is prepared to take the long but rewarding journey through his works. It is not in itself a biography, but may help readers to construct their own biographies of Cicero or histories of his age.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lintott

Lintott, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Lateinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- I. Reading Cicero

- 1: Reading Events

- 2: The Texts of the Speeches

- 3: Truth and Fiction

- II. Reading Oratory

- 4: Cicero's Forensic Baptism: The Pro Quinctio

- 5: More Problems of Partnership: The Pro Quinto Roscio Comoedo

- 6: Property and Violence: The Pro Tullio and Pro Caecina

- 7: The Citadel of the Allies

- 8: The Defence of Good Men: The Other Side of the Quaestio de Repetundis

- 9: Treason and Other Crimes against the Roman People

- III. History in Speeches and Letters

- 10: Candidature and Consulship

- 11: The Aftermath of the Consulship

- 12: The Gang of Three and Clodius

- 13: After the Return

- IV. History and Ideas

- 14: The Search for Otium

- 15: The Governor and the Approach of Civil War

- 16: The Mediator and the Partisans

- 17: Living with Dictatorship

- 18: The Ides of March and After

- 19: Answering the Republic's Call

- 20: Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Lintott is Emeritus Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford.