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Pliny the Elder's fascination with the world around him resulted in his death in the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, but his "Natural History" was to remain influential for centuries after his death. This volume provides a detailed commentary on this key book, together with a translation and an introduction.

Peter Thonemann provides the first full-length treatment of Lucian's Alexander in English, including a historical and literary introduction and a detailed commentary on the text. The volume also includes a translation of the surviving fragments of Oinomaos of Gadara's The Exposure of Sorcerers.

Books 57 and 58 of Cassius Dio's Roman History comprise one of the most important accounts of the reign of the emperor Tiberius (AD 14-37) to have survived from antiquity. This volume provides a new translation and commentary on these books alongside a general introduction offering an overview of Cassius Dio's approach to history.

Framed by a General Introduction and the first-ever full Commentary in English, this new and unprecedentedly accurate translation of Xenophon's Poroi (or, Revenue-Sources) offers an authoritative yet accessible overview of the final work of this renowned Greek author that will be invaluable to both students and more experienced scholars.

Rome's annual elections were central to civic and political life, and Quintus Cicero's Brief Handbook is our fullest account of campaigning for office in the republican era. This new translation with introduction and commentary offers a detailed examination of this important text, treating both its historical and literary dimensions.

Plutarch's Lives of Demosthenes and Cicero are an unusual pair in that they are about orators and not military men. With the translations and commentaries, Lintott provides a detailed introduction which discusses the context of the texts, the author, and the philosophy which underlies Plutarch's presentation of the two personalities.

During his life, Cicero defended several former Roman governors. This volume unites two such defences, one on behalf of Fonteius and the other on behalf of Scaurus, and provides a general introduction on the Roman extortion court and, for each speech, an introduction, English translation, and the first detailed commentary in English.

Plutarch's Life of Caesar deals with the best known Roman of them all, Julius Caesar, and covers virtually all of the major events of the last generation of the Republic. Pelling's volume gives a new translation of the Life, together with an introduction and commentary, while also acknowledging the literary aspects of the narrative.

This volume provides the first large-scale commentary on Suetonius' Life of Augustus together with an English translation, drawing out what is unique about Suetonius' information, discussing its historical reliability and how it relates to other ancient accounts, and also examining it as a literary artefact.

The first English translation and commentary on Valerius Maximus, an under-utilized author of the early 1st century AD. His collection of examples of Roman religious practice and thought offers a unique perspective from the early principate on Roman beliefs about their religious heritage, without the contamination of Judaeo-Christian thought.

A translation, with detailed commentary, of Book 10 of Curtius Rufus' Histories, a major Roman source on the end of the reign of Alexander the Great. The Introduction establishes a profile of Curtius, and his agenda as a historian. Both translation and commentary are designed for the reader without Latin.

As a detailed study of the human animal, described by its author as the raison d'etre of nature, Book Seven of the elder Pliny's Natural History is crucial to the understanding of the work as a whole. In addition, however, it provides valuable insight into the extraordinary complex of ideas and beliefs current in Pliny's era, many of which have resonances for other eras and cultures. The present study includes a substantial introduction examining the background to Pliny's life, thought, and writing, together with a modern English translation, and a detailed commentary which emphasizes the importance of Book Seven as possibly the most fascinating cultural record surviving from early imperial Rome.

Though there were at least seven men who wrote Atthides, none of their works has survived intact. This volume presents in translation for the first time all the fragments of the Atthis, or local history, of the fourth-century Athenian politican and historian Androtion, and the testimonia for his life and career.

Pompeius Trogus, a Romanized Gaul, wrote a forty-four book universal history (The Philippic History) of the non-Roman, Mediterranean world, which was later abbreviated by M. Junianus Justinus. This volume supplies a historical analysis of this unique source with a full translation and running commentary on Books 13-15.

A new translation of, and commentary on, Cicero's defence of Publius Sestius against a charge of public violence. The speech provides any student of Rome with a fascinating way into the period and is also among the best introductions we have to traditional Republican values and ethics in action.

A translation, with detailed commentary, of Book 10 of Curtius Rufus' Histories, a major Roman source on the end of the reign of Alexander the Great. The Introduction establishes a profile of Curtius, and his agenda as a historian. Both translation and commentary are designed for the reader without Latin.

A commentary and translation of Sallust's "Histories", covering the years 78-67 BC, one of the least well documented, but eventful periods of the era. This edition reflects recent research on the period and fragments of the text discovered since the edition of Maurenbrecher (1891-93).

Cicero's speech, delivered in the mid-50s BC in defence of Gaius Rabirius Postumus was the last of a series of trials which followed the restoration of the Egyptian king, Ptolemy XII Auletes. This is a translation of the speech and a commentary on what is a major primary source.

A new translation, with introduction and commentary, of Book One of Cicero's De divinatione, in which Cicero explores traditional Roman conceptions of the function and validity of divination.

The first-century BC Alexandrian scholar Didymos was nicknamed 'Bronze-guts' for his prolific output. But, his work survived in marginalia until 1901, when a papyrus containing part of his commentary on some speeches of the Greek orator-politician Demosthenes came to light. This edition provides the text, a facing translation, and an introduction.

A commentary and translation of Sallust's "Histories". One of his major works, it covers the years 78-67 BC, one of the least well documented periods of the era. This edition reflects recent research on the period and fragments of the text discovered since the edition of Maurenbrecher (1891).

Lycurgus of Athens' prosecutorial speech, Against Leocrates, is the only one by the influential statesman and orator to survive. This new translation with introduction and commentary offers an up to date examination not only of the speech itself, but also of the valuable information it provides on contemporary historical and political events.

Pompeius Trogus, a Romanized Gaul, wrote a forty-four book universal history (The Philippic History) of the non-Roman, Mediterranean world, which was later abbreviated by M. Junianus Justinus. This volume supplies a historical analysis of this unique source with a full translation and running commentary on Books 13-15.

This volume provides a complete translation of, and historical and historiographical commentary on, the lives of the ten Attic orators written by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda.

The emperor Constantine changed the world by making the Roman Empire Christian. Eusebius wrote his life and preserved his letters so that his policy would continue. This English translation is the first based on modern critical editions. Its Introduction and Commentary open up the many important issues the Life of Constantine raises.

The Germania of Tacitus is the most extensive account of the ancient Germans written during the Roman period. This new translation, introduction, and commentary provides an up-to-date guide to the relevant literary and archaeological evidence, and discusses the methodological issues involved in understanding this important historical source.

This is a commentary on Aeschines' "Against Timarchos", the prosecution speech in the politically crucial trial of 346/5BC. It is a rhetorical masterpiece of misrepresentation, which persuaded the jury to convict Timarchos despite the fact that Aeschines had virtually no evidence of his misdeeds.

This volume presents an English translation and scholarly commentary on the 2nd-3rd century Roman historian Justin's "epitome" or abridged version of the "Philippic History" by Pompeius Trogus (27 BC-AD 14). This work covers books 11-12.