Gesine Manuwald is Professor of Latin at University College London. Her research interests cover Roman oratory, drama, and epic, and also reception studies, especially in the field of Neo-Latin literature. She has published widely across all of these subjects.

In this masterful study, Manuwald (Univ. College London, UK) translates, comments on, and analyzes an often-overlooked corpus of speeches stemming from Cicero's consulship. Though far less renowned than his Catilinarian speeches, Cicero's orations on agrarian laws (De Lege Agraria 1-3) provide today's readers with not only a detailed view into the historical and social context of the fascinatingly volatile late republic, but also a primer in the art of political persuasion... Though many of the entries in the commentary deal with details of Latin language and grammar, others explain a wide variety of historical and cultural concepts for the benefit of less-experienced readers. Manuwald's thorough edition of Cicero's agrarian speeches will prove useful to scholars in a variety of disciplines (e.g., Latin language, rhetoric, political science) and with a variety of backgrounds.

• INTRODUCTION; TEXT AND TRANSLATION; COMMENTARY; ENDMATTER

Gesine Manuwald is Professor of Latin at University College London. Her research interests cover Roman oratory, drama, and epic, and also reception studies, especially in the field of Neo-Latin literature. She has published widely across all of these subjects.

In this masterful study, Manuwald (Univ. College London, UK) translates, comments on, and analyzes an often-overlooked corpus of speeches stemming from Cicero's consulship. Though far less renowned than his Catilinarian speeches, Cicero's orations on agrarian laws (De Lege Agraria 1-3) provide today's readers with not only a detailed view into the historical and social context of the fascinatingly volatile late republic, but also a primer in the art of political persuasion... Though many of the entries in the commentary deal with details of Latin language and grammar, others explain a wide variety of historical and cultural concepts for the benefit of less-experienced readers. Manuwald's thorough edition of Cicero's agrarian speeches will prove useful to scholars in a variety of disciplines (e.g., Latin language, rhetoric, political science) and with a variety of backgrounds.

• INTRODUCTION; TEXT AND TRANSLATION; COMMENTARY; ENDMATTER

Gesine Manuwald is Professor of Latin at University College London. Her research interests cover Roman oratory, drama, and epic, and also reception studies, especially in the field of Neo-Latin literature. She has published widely across all of these subjects.

In this masterful study, Manuwald (Univ. College London, UK) translates, comments on, and analyzes an often-overlooked corpus of speeches stemming from Cicero's consulship. Though far less renowned than his Catilinarian speeches, Cicero's orations on agrarian laws (De Lege Agraria 1-3) provide today's readers with not only a detailed view into the historical and social context of the fascinatingly volatile late republic, but also a primer in the art of political persuasion... Though many of the entries in the commentary deal with details of Latin language and grammar, others explain a wide variety of historical and cultural concepts for the benefit of less-experienced readers. Manuwald's thorough edition of Cicero's agrarian speeches will prove useful to scholars in a variety of disciplines (e.g., Latin language, rhetoric, political science) and with a variety of backgrounds.

• INTRODUCTION; TEXT AND TRANSLATION; COMMENTARY; ENDMATTER