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MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO CAHS C
By Dyck
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Description
The first speech is on behalf of Marcus Fonteius. Fonteius was governor of Transalpine Gaul probably from 74 to 72 BC, a time when the Romans were consolidating their control of that province and simultaneously fighting a bitter war with rebels under Sertorius in the Iberian Peninsula. Cicero defends Fonteius with the argument that his measures, though severe, were in the state interest. The second speech is on behalf of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, governor of Sardinia in 55, whose chargesincluded not only peculation but also cruelty and hounding a woman to suicide through his unwanted attentions. In both cases Cicero seeks to stir Roman prejudice against the foreign witnesses testifying for the prosecution. The outcome of Fonteius' case is not clear from surviving evidence, but Scaurus wasacquitted, only to be condemned and exiled on charges of corrupt electoral practices three years later.
Dyck's volume provides a general introduction on the Roman extortion court and, for each speech, an introduction, English translation, and the first detailed commentary in English.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
226
Release Date:
2012-07-26
Publication Date:
2012-03-16
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (UK)
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0199590060
ISBN13:
9780199590063
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
485 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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