Sallust's Bellum Catilinae

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2007 | 2nd Revised edition
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-532085-5 (ISBN)

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Recounts the events of the year 63 B C E when a disgruntled nobleman, L Sergius Catilina, after two electoral defeats, made himself the leader of a group of heavily indebted young aristocrats and the Roman poor and tried to kill his rival Cicero and overthrow the government. This work is suitable for second-year or advanced Latin study.

In his Bellum Catilinae, C. Sallustius Crispus or Sallust (86-35/34 B.C.E.) recounts the dramatic events of the year 63 B.C.E. when a disgruntled and impoverished nobleman, L. Sergius Catilina, after two electoral defeats, made himself the leader of a group of heavily indebted young aristocrats and the Roman poor and tried to kill his rival Cicero and overthrow the government. With his trademark archaizing style, Sallust skillfully captures the drama of the times, including an early morning raid and the emotionally charged debate in which Caesar and Cato the Younger fight over the lives of the arrested conspirators. Sallust wrote while the Roman Republic was being transformed into an empire during in the turbulent first century BCE. The work is well-suited for second-year or advanced Latin study and gives a fair idea of the richness of Latin literature while also pointing the way to a critical investigation of late-Republican government and historiography. Ramsey's introduction and commentary bring the text to life for Latin students. This new edition includes two maps and two city plans, an updated and now annotated bibliography, a list of divergences from the 1991 Oxford Classical Text of Sallust, and minor revisions in the commentary.

J.T. Ramsey is Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Maps & Plans
List of Divergences from OCT Edition
INTRODUCTION
I.: Life of Sallust
Date of Birth
Family and Boyhood
Political Career
Service under Caesar
Retirement from Public Life
II.: The Writings of Sallust
The Genuine Works
Time of Writing
III.: Sallust's Contribution to Roman Histiography
State of Roman Historiography before Sallust
Choice of Topic
Sources of the BELLUM CATILINAE
IV.: Sallust's Style
Influence of Thucydides
Debt of Cato
Sallustian Traits: Brevity, Vocabulary, Grammar and Syntax, Inconcinnitas
V.: The Textual Tradition
VI.: Summary of the Catilinarian Conspiracy
VII.: Structure of the BELLUM CATILINAE
Variations from the Texts of Ernout and Kurfess
SIGLA
TEXT
COMMENTARY
APPENDICES
I.: Catilinae's Birth Date and Early Career
II.: Evidence for the "First Catilinarian Conspiracy"
SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
I.: Texts and Commentaries
II.: Books and Articles
INDEX NOMINUM
INDEX RERUM
INDEX VERBORUM

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.3.2007
Reihe/Serie	Society for Classical Studies Texts & Commentaries
Zusatzinfo	4 maps
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	232 x 160 mm
Gewicht	395 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-19-532085-9 / 0195320859
ISBN-13	978-0-19-532085-5 / 9780195320855
Zustand	Neuware