Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Map; Introduction: Pro Murena; Pro L. Murena Oratio; Commentary; Appendix: Related Texts; Bibliography; Index of Persons and Places Cicero's speech on behalf of L. Lucinius Murena, newly elected to the consulship of...
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Map; Introduction: Pro Murena; Pro L. Murena Oratio; Commentary; Appendix: Related Texts; Bibliography; Index of Persons and Places Cicero's speech on behalf of L. Lucinius Murena, newly elected to the consulship of 62 BCE but immediately prosecuted for electoral bribery, is especially famous for its digressions and valuable for its insights into the complex political wrangles of the late 60s. It is, however, a speech more commonly excerpted and cited than read in its entirety, though whether the absence of an English-language commentary is a cause or effect of that situation remains uncertain. In short, a pedagogical commentary on this important and strange speech is long overdue. Distinguished Latinist Elaine Fantham's c
