Cicero: De re publica
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Liverpool University Press
Publishing:11th Sep '26
£45.00
This title is due to be published on 11th September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£145.00(9781802074420)
This new edition of De re publica provides a revised Latin text and a new English translation of all the surviving text of Cicero’s famous work on Roman constitutional theory, as well as the testimonia relating to the production and reception of the work. Latin text and English translation are accompanied by a detailed introduction and commentary, exploring linguistic and stylistic features, questions of literary genre, the historical background and the philosophical context. This material enables a new appreciation of De re publica, an influential work in the history of political thought and important for a better understanding of the historical situation at the end of the Roman Republic and of Cicero’s development as a writer and politician.
‘Gesine Manuwald’s Cicero: De re publica is a valuable resource for anyone interested in this text. By featuring the text, a new translation, commentary and an extensive bibliography on scholarship to-date in a single volume, the book presents a useful companion to Powell’s OCT edition of the text and fulfils its goal of appealing to a broad audience: experts can benefit from the volume’s extensive bibliography, non-experts from the explanatory commentary elucidating Cicero’s arguments.’ Ana Kotarcic, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
‘Gesine Manuwalds Leistung liegt darin, eine textnahe Übersetzung und einen Gesamtkommentar zu De re publica vorgelegt zu haben, der die literarischen, philosophischen und historischen Traditionslinien und Konzepte berücksichtigt und sie auf dem aktuellen Stand der Forschung transparent darstellt.’
‘Gesine Manuwald’s achievement lies in having produced a translation that remains faithful to the original text, along with a comprehensive commentary on De re publica, which takes into account the literary, philosophical and historical traditions and concepts and presents them clearly in the light of current research.’
Jochen Sauer, Historische Zeitschrift
Translated from German
ISBN: 9781807810252
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
664 pages