Cicero, On Pompey's command (De imperio), 27-49 Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, commentary, and translation / Ingo Gildenhard, Louise Hodgson, et al.

Author/creator Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Other author Gildenhard, Ingo, 1970-
Other author Hodgson, Louise (Louise Lovelace)
Other author Open Book Publishers.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2014.
Description1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Uniform titlePro lege Manilia
Portion of title On Pompey's command (De imperio), 27-49
Contents Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- List of Musical Pieces -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Rameau's Nephew -- Notes.
Abstract "In republican times, one of Rome's deadliest enemies was King Mithridates of Pontus. In 66 BCE, after decades of inconclusive struggle, the tribune Manilius proposed a bill that would give supreme command in the war against Mithridates to Pompey the Great, who had just swept the Mediterranean clean of another menace: the pirates. While powerful aristocrats objected to the proposal, which would endow Pompey with unprecedented powers, the bill proved hugely popular among the people, and one of the praetors, Marcus Tullius Cicero, also hastened to lend it his support. In his first ever political speech, variously entitled pro lege Manilia or de imperio Gnaei Pompei, Cicero argues that the war against Mithridates requires the appointment of a perfect general and that the only man to live up to such lofty standards is Pompey. In the section under consideration here, Cicero defines the most important hallmarks of the ideal military commander and tries to demonstrate that Pompey is his living embodiment. This course book offers a portion of the original Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and a commentary. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, the incisive commentary will be of particular interest to students of Latin at both AS and undergraduate level. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis and historical background to encourage critical engagement with Cicero's prose and discussion of the most recent scholarly thought."--Publisher's website.
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Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-284).
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Terms of useCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
LanguageLatin text with notes, study questions and translations in English.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Open Book Publishers website ; viewed on 2020-04-23).
Issued in other form9781783740772 (pbk.)
Issued in other form9781783740789 (hbk.)
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019467814
ISBN9781783740796 (pdf)
ISBN9781783740802 (epub)
ISBN9781783740819 (mobi)
Stock number22573/cttbvh13z JSTOR

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