Asconius - Commentaries on Speeches of Cicero

Zusatztext ...a work of considerable utility and as such represents a fitting memorial to an under-rated scholar. Informationen zum Autor The late R. G. Lewis was formerly Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Edinburgh. Klappentext Asconius' commentaries on Cicero's speeches are not only interesting in their own right but also provide a mine of information about the turbulent history of the late Roman Republic. This volume! designed for student! presents the original Latin text with a new translation and commentary.

Product details

• Authors: Asconius, Quintus Asconius Pedianus
• Assisted by: R. G. Lewis (Translation), Lewis R. G. (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2006
• EAN: 9780199290529
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929052-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Clarendon Ancient History Series; CLARENDON ANCIENT HISTORY SERIES CAHS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval