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THE ORATORS IN CICERO'S BRUTUS Prosopography and Chronology
by Sumner, G. V. (Graham Vincent)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0802052819
- ISBN 13
- 9780802052810
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University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0802052819 . Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing to top of textblock. Some edgewear to DJ with 1 small tear. DJ spine sunned. ; Special problems are presented to prosopographers and historians of the Roman Republic who attempt to determine the chronological structure of Cicero's Brutus. Over two hundred orators who figured actively in Roman politics from the time of the Punic Wars to that of the Civil War are cited in the dialogue. Sumner presents their probable birth-dates and careers in the form of a register, followed by a commentary concentrating on the controversial points in the Brutus, to give a systematic basis to our understanding of the problems of the historical aspects of the dialogue and Cicero's organization of it. ; The Phoenix, Supplementary Vol. 11; 197 pages .
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- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31575
- Title
- THE ORATORS IN CICERO'S BRUTUS Prosopography and Chronology
- Author
- Sumner, G. V. (Graham Vincent)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0802052819
- ISBN 13
- 9780802052810
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- 0802052819, Oratory, Cicero, Classical Greek & Roman, Latin Literature, Prosopography, History, Roman Republic, Roman History, Chronology
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