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dc.contributor.authorGildenhard, Ingo
dc.contributor.authorHodgson, Louise
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-03 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T12:51:44Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T12:51:44Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier646676
dc.identifierOCN: 897484090en_US
dc.identifier.issn2054-2437/2054-2437
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30326
dc.description.abstractIn 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesClassics Textbooks
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::4 Educational purpose qualifiers::4Z For specific national or regional educational curriculaen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::4 Educational purpose qualifiers::4C For all educational levels::4CN For advanced / upper secondary educationen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFP Translation and interpretationen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient historyen_US
dc.subject.otherpirates
dc.subject.othercicero
dc.subject.otherde imperio
dc.subject.otherroman republic
dc.subject.otherpompey
dc.subject.otherancient rome
dc.subject.otherAccusative case
dc.subject.otherSulla
dc.titleCicero, On Pompey's Command (De Imperio), 27-49: Latin Text, Study Aids with Vocabulary, Commentary, and Translation
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.11647/OBP.0045
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b
oapen.collectionScholarLed
oapen.pages292
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Accusative case - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusative_case; Cicero - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero; Pompey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey; Rome - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome; Sulla - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulla


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