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Author:   Eric Adler
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.596kg
ISBN:  

9780292726284

ISBN 10:   0292726287
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   01 July 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780292744035
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

* Acknowledgments * Author's Note * Introduction * Part I: Mithridates and the East *1. A Deep-Seated Lust for Empire and Riches : Sallust's Epistula Mithridatis *2. Their Whole Population Has the Spirit of Wolves : Pompeius Trogus' Speech of Mithridates * Part II: Hannibal and Carthage *3. He Considered It to Be in No Way Worthy to Contemplate the Hope of Living Defeated : Polybius' Speeches of Hannibal *4. Nothing at All Has Been Left to Us, Except That Which We Defend with Arms : Livy's Hannibal * Part III: Boudica and Britain *5. Men Might Live and Be Slaves : Tacitus' Speech of Boudica *6. Slaves to a Bad Lyre-Player : Cassius Dio's Speech of Boudica *7. Conclusions * Appendix: Texts and Translations of the Speeches Examined at Length * Notes * Works Cited * Index

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ERIC ADLER is Assistant Professor of Classics at Connecticut College.

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