Cicero: Divinatio in Q. Caecilium

"Indispensable for students and scholars of Latin literature, ancient rhetoric, and Roman law, this new critical edition, destined to become the new standard, is accompanied by a thorough commentary that overturns long-held assumptions about Roman legal procedure and reveals Cicero's innovative rhetorical manipulation of the occasion"--

List of contents

Introduction; Text and Critical Apparatus; Commentary; Appendixes.

About the author

C. B. Watson is an Associate Professor of Classics and a Paxton Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma.

Summary

Indispensable for students and scholars of Latin literature, ancient rhetoric, and Roman law, this new critical edition, destined to become the new standard, is accompanied by a thorough commentary that overturns long-held assumptions about Roman legal procedure and reveals Cicero's innovative rhetorical manipulation of the occasion.

Product details

• Authors: C. B. (University of Oklahoma) Watson
• Assisted by: C. B. Watson (Editor), C. B. (University of Oklahoma) Watson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9781108844079
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84407-9
• No. of pages: 450
• Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Latin, LAW / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Classical texts, Ancient World, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient Greek and Roman literature, Roman law, Systems of law: Roman law