Sallust''s Bellum Catilinae

Zusatztext This excellent edition is an indispensable resource for anyone studying this work Informationen zum Autor J.T. Ramsey is Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Klappentext In his Bellum Catilinae, C. Sallustius Crispus or Sallust (86-35/34 B.C.) recounts the dramatic events of 63 B.C., when a disgruntled and impoverished nobleman, L. Sergius Catilina, turned to armed revolution after two electoral defeats. Ramsey's introduction and commentary bring the text to life for Latin students. This new edition includes two maps and two city plans, an updated and now annotated bibliography, a list of divergences from the 1991 OxfordClassical Text of Sallust, and revisions in the introduction and commentary. Zusammenfassung Recounts the events of the year 63 B C E when a disgruntled nobleman, L Sergius Catilina, after two electoral defeats, made himself the leader of a group of heavily indebted young aristocrats and the Roman poor and tried to kill his rival Cicero and overthrow the government. This work is suitable for second-year or advanced Latin study.

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• Authors: J. T. Ramsey, J. T. (Professor of Classics Ramsey, J.t. Ramsey, Sallust
• Assisted by: J T Ramsey (Editor), J. T. Ramsey (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2007
• EAN: 9780195320855
• ISBN: 978-0-19-532085-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: American Philological Association Texts & Commentaries; American Philological Association Texts & Commentaries; Society for Classical Studies Texts & Commentaries; Society for Classical Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies