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Cicero: Speech on Behalf of Publius Sestius

By Robert A. Kaster

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0199283028, 9780199283026, 9781429491273
LCC
PA6281 .S5 2006
Open Library ID
OL17930727M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2113654 bytes)
Series
Clarendon Ancient History Series
Pages
510\510
Topic
History
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This volume contains a new translation of, and commentary on, Cicero's defense of Publius Sestius against a charge of public violence. Pro Sestio is arguably the most important of Cicero's political speeches that survive from the nearly two decades separating the Speeches against Catiline and the Second Philippic. Its account of recent history provides any student of Rome with a fascinating way into the period; its depiction of public meetings, demonstrations, and violence are highly pertinent to the current debate on the place of "the crowd in Rome in the late Republic"; the speech is also among the best introductions we have to traditional Republican values and ethics in action.

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