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Cicero's Consulship Campaign

Cicero's Consulship Campaign

Cicero's Consulship Campaign

A Selection of Sources Relating to Cicero's Election as Consul for 63BC, Including ‘A Short Guide to Electioneering’
2nd Edition
M. G. L. Cooley, Warwick School
June 2023
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    This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series features primary texts relating to Cicero's campaign for the consulship of 63 BC, with an accompanying glossary and timeline. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include two letters to Atticus, extracts from two speeches and Asconius' commentary on Cicero's speech as a candidate, and 'A Short Guide to Electioneering' attributed to Quintus Cicero.

    • Includes the key texts in new translations to give the student quick and convenient access to the primary sources needed for their study of Cicero's consulship campaign
    • This volume includes a glossary and timeline to help the student better understand the texts
    • Written and reviewed by experienced teachers at schools and universities to ensure it provides exactly what students of ancient history require

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    June 2023
    Adobe eBook Reader
    9781009383561
    0 pages
    This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Two letters of Cicero to Atticus, 1.1 and 1.2
    • 2. 'A Short Guide to Electioneering': (?) Quintus Cicero, Commentariolum Petitionis
    • 3. Asconius' commentary on Cicero's speech as a candidate: Asconius, in orationem in toga candida
    • 4. Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, against Rullus, 2.1–8
    • 5. Cicero, In Defence of Murena, 21–25, 37–38, 41–44.
      Editor and Translator
    • M. G. L. Cooley , Warwick School