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Speech on behalf of Publius Sestius /

"Cicero defended Publius Sestius against a charge of public violence in early March, 56 B.C.E., intending to discharge the obligation he owed for Sestius's efforts as tribune the previous year to win his restoration from exile. Because Cicero based his defence on an ample account of recent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Otros Autores: Kaster, Robert A., Sestius, Publius
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Latín
Publicado: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:Clarendon ancient history series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 'This drama ... of my actions and their outcomes': Cicero, exile, and the 'standard version'
  • The defendant, the charge, and the trial
  • Cicero's speech : structure, premises, strategy
  • 'Tranquillity joined with worthy standing'
  • Epilogue : aftermath
  • A note on the translation
  • Translation
  • Commentary
  • Appendix 1. Ciceronian chronology, 58-56 BCE
  • Appendix 2. Clodius' 'incest'
  • Appendix 3. The geographic terms of Cicero's exile
  • Appendix 4. The text.