Sallust's Bellum Catilinae: No. 9 (American Philological Association Textbook Series) - Softcover

Sallust

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0891305602 ISBN 13: 9780891305606

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 1984

Synopsis

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.

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Review

"This new commentary, while going into a good deal of detail on the historical side...is laudably concerned at every turn to make sure that the student understands Sallust's grammar.... Ramsey has read his text with attention, and will stimulate his readers to do the same."-- Michael Winterbottom,
Classical Review
"The commentary is a mine of solid information for students, not only on the immediate topic, but also on related aspects of Roman civilization.... It is an exemplary commentary for the modern student of Sallust."--Thomas Scanlon, Classical World
"Ramsey has produced what is likely to become the standard textbook for all intermediate students of Latin studying Sallust.... It has just the right balance of all the factors necessary for such a student to gain a good understanding of this great work and its author."--Darel Engen, Favonius
"This new commentary, while going into a good deal of detail on the historical side...is laudably concerned at every turn to make sure that the student understands Sallust's grammar.... Ramsey has read his text with attention, and will stimulate his readers to do the same."-- Michael Winterbottom,
Classical Review
"The commentary is a mine of solid information for students, not only on the immediate topic, but also on related aspects of Roman civilization.... It is an exemplary commentary for the modern student of Sallust."--Thomas Scanlon, Classical World
"Ramsey has produced what is likely to become the standard textbook for all intermediate students of Latin studying Sallust.... It has just the right balance of all the factors necessary for such a student to gain a good understanding of this great work and its author."--Darel Engen, Favonius
"This new commentary, while going into a good deal of detail on the historical side...is laudably concerned at every turn to make sure that the student understands Sallust's grammar.... Ramsey has read his text with attention, and will stimulate his readers to do the same."-- Michael Winterbottom, Classical Review
"The commentary is a mine of solid information for students, not only on the immediate topic, but also on related aspects of Roman civilization.... It is an exemplary commentary for the modern student of Sallust."--Thomas Scanlon, Classical World
"Ramsey has produced what is likely to become the standard textbook for all intermediate students of Latin studying Sallust.... It has just the right balance of all the factors necessary for such a student to gain a good understanding of this great work and its author."--Darel Engen, Favonius
"This new commentary, while going into a good deal of detail on the historical side...is laudably concerned at every turn to make sure that the student understands Sallust's grammar.... Ramsey has read his text with attention, and will stimulate his readers to do the same."-- Michael Winterbottom, Classical Review

"The commentary is a mine of solid information for students, not only on the immediate topic, but also on related aspects of Roman civilization.... It is an exemplary commentary for the modern student of Sallust."--Thomas Scanlon, Classical World

"Ramsey has produced what is likely to become the standard textbook for all intermediate students of Latin studying Sallust.... It has just the right balance of all the factors necessary for such a student to gain a good understanding of this great work and its author."--Darel Engen, Favonius

About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0891305602
• ISBN 13: 9780891305606
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Ramsey J. T.