Asconius

Commentaries on Speeches of Cicero

Asconius author R G Lewis translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:14th Dec '06

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Asconius lived about a century after Cicero and wrote commentaries on Cicero's speeches to help his sons understand them. Five of these have survived. They are not only interesting in their own right but also provide a mine of information about the turbulent history of the Ciceronian age.
Consequently they are studied by all those who work on the history of the final years of the Roman Republic. This volume brings together the original Latin text with a new translation and commentary, designed for students, as well as indices, a glossary, and a full bibliography.

...to be commended...The translationis highly readable and at times even elegant * John T. Ramsey, The Classical Review *
...a work of considerable utility and as such represents a fitting memorial to an under-rated scholar. * A. Keaveney, Les Études Classiques, 75,3 *

ISBN: 9780199290529

Dimensions: 223mm x 143mm x 26mm

Weight: 526g

384 pages