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Elizabeth RawsonCiceroElizabeth RawsonCiceroA Portrait0002 EDITION;QUALITY PAPERBACK
UPC: 9780862920517Release Date: 2/24/1994
Biographical note:
Elizabeth Rawson was Fellow of Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, UK, and author of Intellectual Life in the Late Roman Republic. Main description:
Drawing on a full range of Cicero's speeches, essays and correspondence, as well as on the most recent research, Rawson's highly regarded biography of Cicero - his politics and philosophy - makes fascinating reading for historians, classicists, and anyone interested in Roman history. Short description/annotation:
Drawing on a full range of Cicero's speeches, essays and Table of contents:
List of lllustrations and Maps
Maps Introduction 1 Arpinum and Rome 106-90 B.c. 2 At the Foot of the Ladder 90-77 B.c. 3 Political Apprenticeship 76-70 B.c. 4 The Bid for the Consulship 69-64 B.C. 5 The Father of his Country 63 B.c. 6 Pompey's Return to Rome 62-60 B.c. 7 From Opposition to Exile 59-57 B.c. 8 Return and Recantation 57-52 B.C. 9 Cicero on the Republic 56-52 B.c. 10 The Governor of Cilicia 51-50 B.c. 11 The Uncertainties of Civil War 49-48 B.c. 12 Private and Political Griefs 48-45 B.c. 13 The Consolations of Philosophy 45-44 B.c. 14 Caesar's Last Months 45-44 B.c. 15 The Attack on Antony 44 B.c. 16 Victory and Disaster 43 B.c. 17 The One Sure Immortality References Bibliography The Roman Political System Roman Nomenclature Descriptive Index of Persons Geographical Index |
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