Commentary

• “Metaphor in Cicero’s De Re Publica.”

  - Robert L. Gallagher, “Metaphor in Cicero’s De Re Publica,” Classical Quarterly 51.2: 509-19., 2001.

• The Roman World of Cicero’s De Oratore

  - Elaine Fantham, The Roman World of Cicero’s De Oratore. Oxford. 2004.
  Overview: –  The Roman World of Cicero’s De Oratore aims to provide an accessible study of Cicero’s first and fullest dialogue, on the ideal orator-statesman. It illustrates the dialogue’s achievement as a reflection of a civilized… More

• Reading Cicero: Genre and Performance in Late Republican Rome.

  - Catherine E. W. Steel, Reading Cicero: Genre and Performance in Late Republican Rome. London, 2005.
  Overview: –  M. Tullius Cicero was a prolific writer, his writing covering an astonishingly wide spectrum: oratory, letters, epic and didactic poetry, pamphlets, philosophical and rhetorical treatises. He was also a major political figure at Rome… More

• Cicero: Speech on Behalf of Publius Sestius.

  - Robert A. Kaster, Cicero: Speech on Behalf of Publius Sestius. Oxford: Oxford University Press,  2006.
  Review: “…constantly enlightening and extremely broad in its scope…” – Bryn Mawr Reviews   Overview: –  This volume contains a new translation of, and commentary on, Cicero’s defense of Publius Sestius against… More

• Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought: Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus

  - Daniel J. Kapust, Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought: Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus. Cambridge; New York:  Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  Overview: Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought develops readings of Rome’s three most important Latin historians – Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus – in light of contemporary discussions of republicanism and rhetoric. Drawing on… More