Cicero, Agrarian Speeches: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary

by Gesine Manuwald

The Agrarian Speeches (Orationes de lege agraria) were delivered in January 63 BCE, just after Cicero had entered office as consul; they are his inaugural orations and therefore the first element of his consular activity. They not only provide valuable testimony for approaches to agrarian legislation in the late Republic, but also show how the new consul presented himself before the Senate and the People at the beginning of his consular year, a significant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198715404
• ISBN13: 9780198715405
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"