{"product_id":"pro-quinctio-pro-roscio-amerino-pro-roscio-comoedo-pro-tullio-de-lege-agraria-9780674997677","title":"Pro Quinctio. Pro Roscio Amerino. Pro Roscio Comoedo. Pro Tullio. de Lege Agraria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe early speeches.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician, and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his correspondence we see the excitement, tension, and intrigue of politics and the part he played in the turmoil of the time. Of about 106 known speeches, fifty-eight survive intact or in large part; together with his rhetorical treatises, they have long served as models for orators, advocates, and others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume contains four speeches from Cicero's pre-consular, and one from his consular period. \u003ci\u003ePro Quinctio\u003c\/i\u003e, his earliest surviving defense (81), handles a complex commercial dispute deftly and in loftier style than usual in such cases. \u003ci\u003ePro Roscio Amerino\u003c\/i\u003e, his first criminal case (80), is a successful defense on a politically fraught charge of parricide. \u003ci\u003ePro Roscio Comoedo\u003c\/i\u003e (72 or 71) defends a famous actor and old friend involved in a financial dispute, with suitably theatrical flair. \u003ci\u003ePro Tullio\u003c\/i\u003e (71), a dispute between neighbors about a deadly slave attack, casts light on social conditions in the Italian countryside in the aftermath of Spartacus' revolt. \u003ci\u003eDe Lege Agraria\u003c\/i\u003e (63) successfully forces the withdrawal of a proposal for the distribution of agricultural land to the urban plebs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition replaces the original by John Henry Freese (1930). The texts have been freshly edited and translated, with full introductions and ample notation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDyck, Andrew R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Andrew R. Dyck is Professor of Classics, Emeritus, at the University of California, Los Angeles.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552911360274,"sku":"9780674997677","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8781ca3-5e81-4ae9-a1d1-aceb02616907.jpg?v=1754912139","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pro-quinctio-pro-roscio-amerino-pro-roscio-comoedo-pro-tullio-de-lege-agraria-9780674997677","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}