Research Catalog

Title

Cato / edited and translated by Gesine Manuwald.

Author

Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C.

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Press, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

Manuwald, Gesine

Description

2 volumes; 17 cm

Summary

"M. Porcius Cato (234-149 BC), one of the best-known figures of the middle Roman Republic, remains legendary for his political and military career, especially his staunch opposition to Carthage; his modest way of life; his integrity of character and austere morality; his literary works, composed in a style at once sophisticated and down-to-earth; his pithy sayings; and his drive to define and to champion Roman national character and traditions in the face of challenges from Greek culture. Cato's legend derived to no small degree from his own distinctive and compelling self-presentation, which established a model later developed and elaborated by Cicero and by subsequent literary and historical authors for centuries to come. These volumes join the Loeb edition of Cato's only extant work, 'On agriculture' (LCL 283), by supplying all testimonia about, and all fragments by or attributed to Cato. Highlights are 'Origines,' the first historical work attested in Latin, a history of Rome from its founding to the onset of the first Punic War, as well as the origins of major Italian cities; his orations, regarded as the beginning of Roman oratory; 'To his son Marcus,' which inaugurated a Roman tradition of didactic pieces addressed by fathers to their sons; 'Military matters'; the 'Poem on morals'; letters; commentaries on civil law; and memorable sayings" --

Series Statement

• Loeb classical library ; 551-552
• Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. Works. English (Loeb classical library) ; 1-2.
• Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. Works. Latin (Loeb classical library) ; 1-2.

Uniform Title

Loeb classical library ; 551-552.

Alternative Title

• Origines.
• Other fragments.

Subject

• Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C
• 753-30 B.C
• Rome > History > Kings, 753-510 B.C
• Rome > History > Republic, 510-30 B.C
• Rome (Empire)

Genre/Form

• Bilingual books.
• History

Language (note)

• Text in Latin and Greek with English translation on facing pages ; critical matter in English.

Contents

v. 1. Testimonia Origines -- General introduction. Cato's biography ; Cato's literary works : overview ; Cato's language and style ; Cato's afterlife : the reception in other Roman authors ; Organization of this edition ; Editorial conventions ; Note on scholarship ; Abbreviations and symbols ; Testimonia ; Origines -- v. 2. Orations Other fragments -- Libri ad Marcum filium ; De re militari liber ; Carmen de moribus ; Epistula(e) ; Commentarii iuris civilis ; Dicta memorabilia ; Incertorum operum reliquiae ; Fragmenta dubiae auctoritatis ; Fragmenta Catoni falso attributa ; Concordances ; Index of names.

Call Number

PA6156

ISBN

• 9780674997523
• 0674997522
• 9780674997554
• 0674997557

LCCN

2022039357

OCLC

1390142563

Author

Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C., author.

Title

Cato / edited and translated by Gesine Manuwald.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Press, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Loeb classical library ; 551-552

Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. Works. English (Loeb classical library) ; 1-2.

Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. Works. Latin (Loeb classical library) ; 1-2.

Loeb classical library ; 551-552.

Language

Text in Latin and Greek with English translation on facing pages ; critical matter in English.

Chronological Term

753-30 B.C.

Added Author

Container of (expression): Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C., author. Origines. Fragments. English (Manuwald)

Container of (expression): Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C., author. Origines. Fragments. Latin (Manuwald)

Manuwald, Gesine, editor, translator.

Added Title

Origines.

Other fragments.

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA6156 .C375