Pro M. Caelio Oratio - Softcover

Cicero

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198140622 ISBN 13: 9780198140627

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1988

Synopsis

In 56 B.C., M. Caelius Rufus was prosecuted for vis by L. Sempronius Atratinus in a trial with important social and political implications. This third edition of Cicero's speech in defense of Caelius reproduces A.C. Clark's authoritative text along with a new 17th-century conjecture on Caelius' birthplace, and updated notes and appendices on a variety of political, social, and literary concerns, including the connection between Caelius and Catallus.

About this title

About the Author:

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 B.C.-43 B.C.) was an orator, statesman, political theorist, and philosopher of Ancient Rome. He is generally considered the greatest Latin orator and prose stylist. R. G. Austin is at University of Liverpool.

Review:

"This is a truly outstanding edition and commentary."--A.D. Macro, Trinity College

"This edition is ideal for use in an advanced or intermediate course in Cicero. Today's students tend to lack the context necessary to understand Cicero's speeches, and this is richly supplied by Austin's introduction, commentary, and appendices."--Robert J. Edgeworth, Louisiana State University

Praise for the first edition: "An English edition of the Pro Caelio was much needed; and here it is, well and thoroughly done."--Classical Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0198140622
• ISBN 13: 9780198140627
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 212
• Editor: Austin R. G.