Cicero, Agrarian Speeches : Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary /

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Author / Creator:Cicero, Marcus Tullius, author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
©2018
Description:liv, 480 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
Latin
Subject:
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11562811
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Varying Form of Title:Agrarian speeches
Other uniform titles:Manuwald, Gesine,
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De lege agraria.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De lege agraria. English. (Manuwald)
ISBN:9780198715405
0198715404
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-476) and indexes.
English text, with Latin original with parallel English translations from the Latin.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Scholarship
  • 2. Historical background
  • 2.1. The political situation in 64/63 BCE
  • 2.2. Roman agrarian laws
  • 2.2.1. Roman agrarian laws (before and after 64/63 BCE) and Cicero's position
  • 2.2.2. Rullus' agrarian bill of 64/63 BCE
  • 2.3. Procedural context
  • 2.4. Cicero the consul
  • 3. The corpus of the Agrarian Speeches
  • 3.1. Title and structure
  • 3.2. Delivery and publication
  • 3.3. Political and rhetorical strategies
  • 4. Note on text and translation
  • Text and translation
  • Testimonia
  • De lege agraria 1/Agrarian Speech 1
  • De lege agraria 2/'Agrarian Speech 2
  • De lege agraria 3/Agrarian Speech 3
  • Commentary
  • Testimonia
  • Introduction
  • Notes
  • Agrarian Speech 1
  • Introduction
  • Outline of structure and contents
  • Notes
  • Agrarian Speech 2
  • Introduction
  • Outline of structure and contents
  • Notes
  • Agrarian Speech 3
  • Introduction
  • Outline of structure and contents
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 1. Editions, commentaries, and translations of Cicero's Agrarian Speeches
  • 2. Other works cited
  • Indexes
  • 1. Names of individuals
  • 2. Geographical names
  • 3. Subjects