Res Publica Conquassata: Readings on the Fall of the Roman Republic (Classical Studies Pedagogy)

James K. Finn, eds.

ISBN 10: 0814326781 / ISBN 13: 9780814326787

Published by Wayne State University Press, 1998

About this Item

A collection of 36 different documents from the first half of the first century BCE made more accessible with the addition of notes and a glossary. The book corners are damaged and there is a bit of handwriting in ink on a few pages. m.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1706307291162

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Res Publica Conquassata: Readings on the Fall of the Roman Republic (Classical Studies Pedagogy)
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814326781
• ISBN 13: 9780814326787
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fair

About this title

Synopsis

Containing readings from eyewitness accounts of the collapse of the Roman republic, Res Publica Conquassata (The Republic Shattered) relates Julius Caesar's invasion of his own fatherland at the head of a loyal and seasoned army. The correspondence of the great orator Marcus Cicero, one of Caesar's most prominent political adversaries, is interspersed among Caesar's narrative episodes of the civil war (De Bello Civili). James K. Finn and Frank J. Groten, Jr. provide critical commentary on the Latin text giving depth to the readings, as well as placing the writings in historical context with a chronological table, short biographies of important persons of the time, a glossary of political terms, a map, and a full Latin-English vocabulary. The design of the whole work presents a self-contained edition intended for students of intermediate and advanced Latin.

About the Author

James K. Finn is chair of the classics department at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennslyvania.

Frank J. Groten, Jr. is an adjunct lecturer of classical langagues at Albright College, and taught classics at The Hill School for over thirty years.