Cicero as Evidence

A Historian's Companion

Andrew Lintott (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

480 Seiten

2010
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-959972-1 (ISBN)

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Cicero's writings contain a first-hand view of the age of Caesar and Pompey; however, readers need to learn how to interpret and assess the accuracy of what he says. This book is a guide to reading Cicero as historian, and leads readers through his writings, showing how they can be exploited and enjoyed.

Cicero, one of the greatest orators of all time and an important politician at the time of the downfall of the Roman Republic, has left in his writings a first-hand view of the age of Caesar and Pompey. However, readers need to learn how to interpret these writings and, as with any politician or orator, not to believe too easily what he says. This book is a guide to reading Cicero and a companion to anyone who is prepared to take the long but rewarding journey through his works. It is not in itself a biography, but may help readers to construct their own biographies of Cicero or histories of his age.

Andrew Lintott is Emeritus Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford.

I. READING CICERO ; 1. Reading Events ; 2. The Texts of the Speeches ; 3. Truth and Fiction ; II. READING ORATORY ; 4. Cicero's Forensic Baptism: The Pro Quinctio ; 5. More Problems of Partnership: The Pro Quinto Roscio Comoedo ; 6. Property and Violence: The Pro Tullio and Pro Caecina ; 7. The Citadel of the Allies ; 8. The Defence of Good Men: The Other Side of the Quaestio de Repetundis ; 9. Treason and Other Crimes against the Roman People ; III. HISTORY IN SPEECHES AND LETTERS ; 10. Candidature and Consulship ; 11. The Aftermath of the Consulship ; 12. The Gang of Three and Clodius ; 13. After the Return ; IV. HISTORY AND IDEAS ; 14. The Search for Otium ; 15. The Governor and the Approach of Civil War ; 16. The Mediator and the Partisans ; 17. Living with Dictatorship ; 18. The Ides of March and After ; 19. Answering the Republic's Call ; 20. Epilogue

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.12.2010
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 232 mm
Gewicht	730 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-19-959972-6 / 0199599726
ISBN-13	978-0-19-959972-1 / 9780199599721
Zustand	Neuware