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Suetonius: Life Of Julius Caesar - Translated With Introduction And Historical Commentary

by D. (King George V Professor, School Of Languages And Literatures, King George V Professor, School Of Languages And Literatures, University Of Cape Town) Wardle

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 D. Wardle provides the only translation and detailed commentary on Suetonius' biography of Caesar that is fully accessible to readers without Latin or Greek, enabling them to appreciate a detail-packed picture of one of the most controversial Romans, not only his political and military achievements, but also the darker aspects of his reputation.
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Plutarch: Alexander - Translated With An Introduction And Commentary

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 Christopher Pelling provides the first detailed commentary and translation with notes in over fifty years of Plutarch's Life of Alexander. This is a companion volume to Pelling's Plutarch Caesar (2011), also in the Clarendon Ancient History Series.
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Quintus Cicero: A Brief Handbook On Canvassing For Office (Commentariolum Petitionis)

by W. Jeffrey (Professor Of Classics, Professor Of Classics, Victoria University Of Wellington) Tatum

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 Rome's annual elections were central to civic and political life, and Quintus Cicero's Brief Handbook is our fullest account of campaigning for office in the republican era. This new translation with introduction and commentary offers a detailed examination of this important text, treating both its historical and literary dimensions.
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Suetonius - Life Of Augustus

by D. (Nkgv Professor Of Classics, Nkgv Professor Of Classics, University Of Cape Town) Wardle

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 This volume provides the first large-scale commentary on Suetonius' Life of Augustus together with an English translation, drawing out what is unique about Suetonius' information, discussing its historical reliability and how it relates to other ancient accounts, and also examining it as a literary artefact.
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Plutarch: Demosthenes And Cicero - Demosthenes And Cicero

by Andrew (Emeritus Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford) Lintott

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 Plutarch's Lives of Demosthenes and Cicero are an unusual pair in that they are about orators and not military men. With the translations and commentaries, Lintott provides a detailed introduction which discusses the context of the texts, the author, and the philosophy which underlies Plutarch's presentation of the two personalities.
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Cicero: Speech On Behalf Of Publius Sestius - Speech On Behalf Of Publius Sestius

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 Featuring a translation of, and commentary on, Cicero's defence of Publius Sestius against a charge of public violence, this book provides student of Rome with a way into the period and is also among the best introductions we have to traditional Republican values and ethics in action.
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Justin: Epitome Of The Philippic History Of Pompeius Trogus - Volume Ii: Books 13-15:The Successors To Alexander The Great

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 Pompeius Trogus, a Romanized Gaul, wrote a forty-four book universal history (The Philippic History) of the non-Roman, Mediterranean world, which was later abbreviated by M. Junianus Justinus. This volume supplies a historical analysis of this unique source with a full translation and running commentary on Books 13-15.
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Aeschines: Against Timarchos - Against Timarchos

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 This is a commentary on Aeschines' "Against Timarchos", the prosecution speech in the politically crucial trial of 346/5BC. It is a rhetorical masterpiece of misrepresentation, which persuaded the jury to convict Timarchos despite the fact that Aeschines had virtually no evidence of his misdeeds.
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Eusebius' Life Of Constantine

by Eusebius

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 The emperor Constantine changed the world by making the Roman Empire Christian. Eusebius wrote his life and preserved his letters so that his policy would continue. This English translation is the first based on modern critical editions. Its Introduction and Commentary open up the many important issues the Life of Constantine raises.
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Lucian: Alexander Or The False Prophet

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 Peter Thonemann provides the first full-length treatment of Lucian's Alexander in English, including a historical and literary introduction and a detailed commentary on the text. The volume also includes a translation of the surviving fragments of Oinomaos of Gadara's The Exposure of Sorcerers.
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Cassius Dio: Roman History - Books 57 And 58 (The Reign Of Tiberius)

by C. T. Mallan

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 Books 57 and 58 of Cassius Dio's Roman History comprise one of the most important accounts of the reign of the emperor Tiberius (AD 14-37) to have survived from antiquity. This volume provides a new translation and commentary on these books alongside a general introduction offering an overview of Cassius Dio's approach to history.
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Catholic Doctrines On The Jewish People After Vatican Ii

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 This book addresses three controversial and timely questions related to Catholic - Jewish dialogue: Jewish ritual, Catholic Zionism and mission.
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Oil And The Great Powers - Britain And Germany, 1914 To 1945

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 Oil and the Great Powers examines how oil shaped British and German grand strategy in the era of the two world wars, arguing that Britain and Germany's efforts to become energy-independent led them to pursue policies that compromised security by inducing strategic over-extension, thereby hastening their decline as great powers.
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Xenophon: Poroi (Revenue-Sources)

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 Framed by a General Introduction and the first-ever full Commentary in English, this new and unprecedentedly accurate translation of Xenophon's Poroi (or, Revenue-Sources) offers an authoritative yet accessible overview of the final work of this renowned Greek author that will be invaluable to both students and more experienced scholars.
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Lycurgus: Against Leocrates

by Joseph (Professor Of Classics, Professor Of Classics, Colby College) Roisman

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 Lycurgus of Athens' prosecutorial speech, Against Leocrates, is the only one by the influential statesman and orator to survive. This new translation with introduction and commentary offers an up to date examination not only of the speech itself, but also of the valuable information it provides on contemporary historical and political events.
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Freedom Of Religious Organizations

by Jane (Lecturer, Lecturer, University Of Auckland) Calderwood Norton

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 An analysis of the interaction between religious organizations and the law, this book will examine how English law applies to religious organizations where there are conflicts between the organization and the law.
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International Financial Disputes - Arbitration And Mediation

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 The first book to focus on the arbitration of international financial disputes, this work provides an invaluable reference work on issues that are particularly relevant to claims involving financial products.
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Lives Of The Attic Orators - Texts From Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, And The Suda

by Joseph (Professor Of Classics, Professor Of Classics, Colby College) Roisman

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 This volume provides a complete translation of, and historical and historiographical commentary on, the lives of the ten Attic orators written by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda.
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Suetonius - Life Of Augustus

by D. (Nkgv Professor Of Classics, Nkgv Professor Of Classics, University Of Cape Town) Wardle

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 This volume provides the first large-scale commentary on Suetonius' Life of Augustus together with an English translation, drawing out what is unique about Suetonius' information, discussing its historical reliability and how it relates to other ancient accounts, and also examining it as a literary artefact.
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Lives Of The Attic Orators - Texts From Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, And The Suda

by Joseph (Professor Of Classics, Professor Of Classics, Colby College) Roisman

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 This volume provides a complete translation of, and historical and historiographical commentary on, the lives of the ten Attic orators written by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero - Speeches On Behalf Of Marcus Fonteius And Marcus Aemilius Scaurus: Translated With Introduction And Commentary

by Andrew R. (Professor Emeritus Of Classics, University Of California, Los Angeles) Dyck

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 During his life, Cicero defended several former Roman governors. This volume unites two such defences, one on behalf of Fonteius and the other on behalf of Scaurus, and provides a general introduction on the Roman extortion court and, for each speech, an introduction, English translation, and the first detailed commentary in English.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero - Speeches On Behalf Of Marcus Fonteius And Marcus Aemilius Scaurus: Translated With Introduction And Commentary

by Andrew R. (Professor Emeritus Of Classics, University Of California, Los Angeles) Dyck

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 During his life, Cicero defended several former Roman governors. This volume unites two such defences, one on behalf of Fonteius and the other on behalf of Scaurus, and provides a general introduction on the Roman extortion court and, for each speech, an introduction, English translation, and the first detailed commentary in English.
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I Died For Beauty - Dorothy Wrinch And The Cultures Of Science

by Marjorie (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Smith College) Senechal

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 A biography of the complex and fascinating Dorothy Wrinch, her much publicized scientific feud with Linus Pauling, and her contributions to science
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Plutarch: Demosthenes And Cicero - Demosthenes And Cicero

by Andrew (Emeritus Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford) Lintott

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 Plutarch's Lives of Demosthenes and Cicero are an unusual pair in that they are about orators and not military men. With the translations and commentaries, Lintott provides a detailed introduction which discusses the context of the texts, the author, and the philosophy which underlies Plutarch's presentation of the two personalities.
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