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A new edition of this famous work provides a Latin text and a new English translation of all of Cicero's De re publica, accompanied by a detailed introduction and commentary. This material enables a new appreciation of De re publica, an influential work in the history of political thought and important for understanding Cicero's development as a writer and politician.

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Compiled by a team of experts in the field, this volume brings to view an array of Latin texts produced in British universities from c.1500 to 1700. It includes a comprehensive introduction to the production of Neo-Latin and Neo-Greek in the early modern university, the precise circumstances and broader environments that gave rise to it, plus an associated bibliography. 12 high-quality sections, each prefaced by its own short introduction, set...

Compiled by a team of experts in the field, this volume showcases an array of Latin texts produced in the context of British universities from c.1500 to 1800. It includes a general introduction and bibliography to the Neo-Latin literature produced at universities during these centuries, as well as 12 high-quality Latin extracts with accompanying English translations and notes. Passages are taken from documents composed in Oxford, Cambridge, Du...

This is the first-full scale commentary in English, including a revised Latin text and a fresh English translation of Cicero's speeches, known as Post reditum in senatu and Post reditum ad Quirites, as well as the spurious speech Pridie quam in exilium iret which have suffered from neglect in scholarship and doubts about their authenticity.

This contribution by Gesine Manuwald provides an introduction to all varieties of 'Roman comedy', including primarily fabula palliata ('New Comedy', as represented by Plautus and Terence) as well as fabula togata, fabula Atellana, mimus and pantomimus.

Theatre flourished in the Roman Republic, from the tragedies of Ennius and Pacuvius to the comedies of Plautus and Terence and the mimes of Laberius. Yet apart from the surviving plays of Plautus and Terence the sources are fragmentary and difficult to interpret and contextualise. This book provides a comprehensive history of all aspects of the topic, incorporating recent findings and modern approaches. It discusses the origins of Roman drama ...

Compiled by a team of international experts, this volume showcases the best of the huge abundance of literature written in Latin in Europe from about 1500 to 1800. A general introduction provides readers with the context they need before diving into the 19 high-quality short Latin extracts and English translations. Together these texts present a rich panorama of the different literary genres, styles and themes that flourished at the time, and ...

This volume offers a wide range of sample passages from literature written in Latin in the British Isles during the period from about 1500 to 1800. It includes a general introduction to and bibliography to the Latin literature of these centuries, as well as Latin texts with English translations, introductions and notes. These texts present a rich panorama of the different literary genres, styles and themes flourishing at the time, illustrating...

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Offers the first comprehensive commentary on the corpus, paving the way for increased critical engagement ~Contains a new English translation, making the text accessible to readers of all levels of familiarity with ancient languages ~Engages with a broad array of textual, linguistic, legal, and historical issues in the detailed commentary and incisive introduction

This book considers the story of Nero and Octavia, as told in the pseudo-Senecan Octavia and the works of ancient historiographers, and its reception in (early) modern opera and some related examples of other performative genres. In total the study assembles more than 30 performative texts (including 22 librettos), ranging chronologically from L'incoronazione di Poppea in 1642/43 until the early 20th century, and provides detailed information ...

The Philippics form the climax of Cicero's rhetorical achievement and political activity. Besides, these fourteen speeches are an important testimony to the critical final phase of the Roman Republic. Yet for a long time they have received little scholarly attention. This two-volume edition now provides a comprehensive scholarly commentary on Philippics 3-9, seven central speeches of the corpus. Full annotations explain the speeches in terms o...

Dieses Buch bietet den ersten umfassenden Überblick über die Geschichte des römischen Theaters von den Anfängen bis zur frühen Kaiserzeit. Das Buch erläutert die Entstehungsgeschichte und die Aufführungspraxis des römischen Theaters. Besprochen werden die Vorläufer des römischen Dramas, die Organisation und Aufführungsbedingungen sowie alle bekannten dramatischen Gattungen und Dichter. Die Autorin legt Wert darauf, die Dramen in den historis...

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An up-to-date and comprehensive history of Roman drama from its beginnings to the end of the Republican period.

In De optimo genere oratorum bezeichnet Cicero M. Pacuvius als 'summus tragicus poeta' und auch nach anderen Zeugnissen scheint er ein bekannter und beliebter Dramatiker gewesen zu sein. Aufgrund dieses Befundes wird in der vorliegenden Studie der bisher noch nicht untersuchten Fragen nach den Gründen für eine solche Wertschätzung nachgegangen. Mit einem dem fragmentarischen Erhaltungszustand von Pacuvius' dramatischen Werken angepassten Ansat...

A well focused collection of case studies of sixteenth to eighteenth-century English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish neo-Latin poets by scholars from a variety of backgrounds, giving broad coverage to a high scholarly standard.

In her authoritative survey, Gesine Manuwald evokes the many faces of Cicero, as well as his complexities and seeming contradictions.