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"M. Porcius Cato (234-149 BC), one of the best-known figures of the middle Roman Republic, remains legendary for his political and military career, especially his staunch opposition to Carthage; his modest way of life; his integrity of character and austere morality; his literary works, composed in a style at once sophisticated and down-to-earth; his pithy sayings; and his drive to define and to champion Roman national character and traditions in the face of challenges from Greek culture. Cato's legend derived to no small degree from his own distinctive and compelling self-presentation, which established a model later developed and elaborated by Cicero and by subsequent literary and historical authors for centuries to come. This volume along with LCL 551 join the Loeb edition of Cato's only extant work, On Agriculture (LCL 283), by supplying all testimonia about, and all fragments by or attributed to Cato. Highlights of this volume are Cato's orations, regarded as the beginning of Roman oratory; To His Son Marcus, which inaugurated a Roman tradition of didactic pieces addressed by fathers to their sons; Military Matters; the Poem on Morals; letters; commentaries on civil law; and memorable sayings"--
Rome --- History --- Bilingual books --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin. --- Histoire.
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La partie rhétorique de l'œuvre de Thémistios comportait au minimum trente-quatre discours. Les numéros I-XIX qui concernent quatre empereurs (Constance II, Jovien, Valens et Théodose Ier) ont une portée avant tout politique et historique. L'orateur adopte souvent les accents du panégyrique, mais néanmoins se révèle un conseiller judicieux et habile ainsi qu'un analyste réaliste des ressources de l'Empire, et défend le pacifisme dans les relations internationales. En outre, il trouve le moyen de construire une justification philosophique de l'absolutisme dont l'Empire byzantin répercutera les leçons, essentiellement à partir du XIIIe siècle. L'Empire romain d'Orient avait failli périr corps et biens quand Gratien se résolut à nommer un Hispanique, Théodose, pour en tenir le gouvernail. Sous le règne de ce dernier, Thémistios, en devenant préfet de Constantinople, atteignit le sommet de sa carrière politique. Avec l'accord du nouveau prince, il put ainsi, au moins pendant quelques mois, continuer à prôner ses thèses pacifistes : le souverain ne peut se maintenir en toute sécurité que s'il impose la clémence aussi bien à l'intérieur qu'à l'extérieur. Certains des discours font entendre encore les dissensions régnant sur les travées du Sénat à Constantinople.
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The renowned Gallic poet Pacatus Drepanius journeyed to Rome in the summer of AD 389 to deliver a speech to the Emperor Theodosius; both men stood for the first time before the Roman Senators. It was a moment of high political charge. The Latin speech survives and is here presented both in the original and with facing English translation; the introduction and commentary capture the groundbreaking character of the work and set it in its historical, rhetorical and literary contexts.
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L’activité panégyrique de Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus pour les souverains Ostrogoth n’est illustrée que par quelques fragments, révélés par un certain nombre de pages d’un seul manuscrit, découverts à différents endroits et à différents moments. En 1894, L. Traube publie la première édition critique complète de ces textes dans la Monumenta Germaniae Historica, après quoi ces fragments ne sont plus considérés comme unitaires. Dans ce volume, une nouvelle édition est proposée, accompagnée d’une première traduction italienne et de nombreux commentaires. Le présent ouvrage entend contribuer à la connaissance d’un aspect pertinent de l’immense production de Cassiodore, et propose la première étude globale des fragments encomiastiques de l’auteur, dont il fournit une nouvelle édition critique, accompagné d’une traduction complète et de commentaires historiques, stylistiques, littéraires et linguistiques, tout en proposant une hypothèse de reconstruction des contextes d’inclusion.
Cassiodore, --- Critique et interprétation. --- Rome --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin --- Lost literature --- History and criticism --- Cassiodorus, --- History
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The renowned Gallic poet Pacatus Drepanius journeyed to Rome in the summer of AD 389 to deliver a speech to the Emperor Theodosius; both men stood for the first time before the Roman Senators. It was a moment of high political charge. The Latin speech survives and is here presented both in the original and with facing English translation; the introduction and commentary capture the groundbreaking character of the work and set it in its historical, rhetorical and literary contexts.
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"The ancient commentaries and scholia to Cicero's speeches have hitherto received relatively little scholarly attention. This volume is dedicated to Asconius' first-century commentary and the corpora of the scholia stemming from the 4th-7th centuries (Bobbio, ps.-Asconius, and Gronovius). It shows the specific interpretative challenges of these corpora and offers interpretative case studies. Furthermore, it contextualizes the corpora within the learning and learned environment of their time, by contrasting them with rhetorical teaching (via the transmission of Cicero on papyri and his presence in the Rhetores Latini minores) and other ancient commentaries (on Homer and Demosthenes)"--
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin --- Scholia --- History and criticism. --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius. --- Asconius Pedianus, Quintus, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Scholia.
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Il tema affrontato si inserisce nell’ambito della retorica dell’elogio e studia alcuni discorsi contenuti nel Corpus dei Panegyrici Latini. La monografia mette in luce l’efficace sistema di valori morali con cui i retori gallici del III e IV secolo d. C. screditavano l’usurpatore contrapponendo i suoi vizi alle virtù del princeps regnante. Tramite un’abile architettura espositiva essi facevano del rivale politico un vero e proprio tiranno, delegittimandolo agli occhi della corte imperiale e più in generale dell’opinione pubblica. Allo stesso tempo celebravano il destinatario del discorso dipingendone un quadro estremamente positivo e consolidandone il prestigio con una modalità che non ha nulla da invidiare alle attuali strategie retoriche su cui si basa la politica odierna.
Laudatory poetry, Latin --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin --- Political ethics --- Emperors --- Poésie élogieuse latine --- Discours latins --- Morale politique --- Empereurs --- Laudatory poetry, Latin. --- Political ethics. --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin. --- History and criticism. --- History --- Sources. --- Usurpation --- Histoire et critique. --- Histoire --- Usurpation. --- Panegyrici Latini --- Panegyrici Latini. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Rome (Empire) --- Usurpation d'identité.
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Cicero manipulated issues relevant to Rome's possession of an empire in an important group of speeches. In this monograph the author examines Cicero's rhetorical techniques and aims in detail.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin --- Rhetoric, Ancient --- Imperialism --- Languages & Literatures --- Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures --- Colonialism --- Empires --- Expansion (United States politics) --- Neocolonialism --- Political science --- Anti-imperialist movements --- Caesarism --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Militarism --- Ancient rhetoric --- Classical languages --- Greek language --- Greek rhetoric --- Latin language --- Latin rhetoric --- History and criticism --- Rhetoric --- Imperialism. --- Rhetoric, Ancient. --- History and criticism. --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius. --- Rome --- History --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius --- Oratory.
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