Verrine Orations: Bk. 5 (BCP Latin Texts): Verrine V

by Cicero (Author), Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), Cicero (Author), Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), R. G. Levens (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  1991

  $32.29

  This edition of Cicero's fifth oration against Verres, a Roman magistrate prosecuted for his notorious misgovernment of Sicily, includes introduction, the Latin text, a comprehensive commentary of the text and a vocabulary. The introduction, divided into seven sections, describes the history and condition of Sicily down to the time of Verres, with special attention to Roman administration and the duties of Roman governors.