Res Publica: Roman Politics and Society According to Cicero

by W.K. Lacey (Translator), B.W.J.G. Wilson (Translator)

This source book in translation gathers together extensive extracts from Cicero s works in which he discusses the Roman state (res publica). All the extracts are given in English translation and grouped into eight thematic chapters, enabling the student to examine the evidence and draw his or or her own conclusions from the material presented.

Paperback

First published January 22, 1970

About the author

W.K. Lacey was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and read Classics at Cambridge University, where his studies were interrupted by a spell in the Indian Army. Subsequently he was a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, before moving to the Chair of Classics and Ancient History in the University of Auckland, New Zealand (1968-1987), of which he is now Emeritus. His best known books are The Family in Classical Greece (1968, reprinted many times) and Cicero and the End of the Roman Republic (1978); and he is a frequent contributor to classical journals, collections and works of reference.

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

The matters of the people was summed up best in Cicero and explained in this book. Good points about the people.