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The Tabula Lugdunensis: A Critical Edition with Translation and Commentary
Hardback
Main Details
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The Tabula Lugdunensis: A Critical Edition with Translation and Commentary
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited and translated by S. J. V. Malloch
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:220 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 157 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - classical, early and medieval |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108484190
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| Classifications | Dewey:937.07 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises; 2 Maps; 4 Halftones, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
3 September 2020 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Unearthed in 1528 at Lyon, the Tabula Lugdunensis preserves the longest speech of a Roman emperor to survive in epigraphic form. In AD 48 Claudius addressed the senate to press a petition by elites of north-western Gaul to hold senatorial rank and office. In support he demonstrated Rome's history of constitutional innovation, particularly in integrating outsiders, and asserted a commitment to recruiting worthy provincial senators such as he claims the Gauls to be. The speech offers important evidence for the history and rhetoric of Roman political integration, unparalleled Etruscan testimony about Regal Rome, and insight into the Latin language and oratory of the early Principate. Uniquely, the Tabula can be set beside Tacitus' version of Claudius' speech in Annals 11 to provide a case-study of ancient historiographical practice. This edition contains a newly-edited text of the Tabula, an English translation, and a comprehensive introduction and commentary.
Author Biography
S. J. V. MALLOCH is an associate professor in Classics at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of The Annals of Tacitus, Book 11 (Cambridge, 2013).
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