Pro Rabirio Postumo / Edition 1

by Cicero, Mary Siani-Davies

Overview

Cicero's speech delivered in the mid 50s BC in defense of Gaius Rabirius Postumus was the last of a series of trials which followed the restoration of the Egyptian king, Ptolemy XII Auletes, to his throne. This book provides a new translation the speech and the first commentary in English of a work which is a major source for Roman and Egyptian history at the time of the late Republic. The extensive introduction furnishes a comprehensive review of the events surrounding the trial as well as a significant reappraisal of the career of Rabirius Postumus who is shown to be a major actor on the Roman political stage. The detailed commentary discusses historical and legal points and also includes a number of important textual emendations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199240968
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/12/2001
Series:	Clarendon Ancient History Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	8.54(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Mary Siani-Davies is Visiting Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway College, University of London.

Table of Contents

AbbreviationsINTRODUCTION1. Ptolemy XII Auletes and the Romans2. Gaius Rabirius Postumus3. The TrialThe MotivesThe DateThe ResultThe Julian Law of Extortion"What has become of the money"TRANSLATIONCOMMENTARYChronologyBibliographyIndex LocorumGeneral Index