Ciceró — Cartes a Àtic, vol. 2 de 3
- Idioma:
- anglès
- Completesa:
- Obra completa
- Autoria:
- Escrita per l'autor
- Estat del text:
- Text net · 7 passatges il·legibles, exclosos de les respostes
- Extensió:
- ~120.000 paraules · 577 passatges
Cita aquesta obra
- APACiceró. (n.d.). Ciceró — Cartes a Àtic, vol. 2 de 3. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/cicero/cicero-letters-to-atticus-vol-2-of-3
- MLACiceró. "Ciceró — Cartes a Àtic, vol. 2 de 3." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/cicero/cicero-letters-to-atticus-vol-2-of-3.
- ChicagoCiceró. Ciceró — Cartes a Àtic, vol. 2 de 3. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/cicero/cicero-letters-to-atticus-vol-2-of-3.
De què tracta
El segon dels tres volums de les cartes de Ciceró a Atic: la correspondencia mes franca que ens ha arribat de l'antiguitat.
Context i història
Atic era el seu amic de tota la vida, un cavaller ric que no va voler mai carrec public, i precisament per aixo Ciceró li escriu com no escriu a ningu mes: sense posar-se, canviant d'opinio a la meitat d'una carta, demanant consell i confessant por. Es la font principal per als ultims anys de la republica vistos des de dins. AVIS AL LECTOR: al catàleg tambe hi ha «The Letters of Cicero», una edicio diferent que recull tota la correspondencia per ordre cronologic, i per tant les cartes a Atic hi surten TAMBE. No es cap error: son dues edicions distintes del mateix material, amb traduccio i ordenacio diferents. Convé saber-ho perque una mateixa carta pot apareixer dues vegades amb paraules diferents, i la citacio ha de dir de quina edicio ve.
Context editorial, no una font citable: a diferència dels passatges de l'obra, aquestes dades no es poden contrastar amb el corpus.
This second volume of Cicero's _Letters to Atticus_ embraces one of the most important epochs in Roman history, the fall of the Republic in the struggle between Pompey and Caesar. The storm which had long been brewing broke just as Cicero returned from Cilicia over the question of Caesar's resignation of office. By the agreement made in 56 B.C. Caesar's governorship of Gaul was renewed for five years and he was then to be re-elected to the consulship in 48 B.C. As the renewal dated from March 1, 54 B.C., his term of office would naturally expire on March 1, 49 B.C.: but according to the rule in vogue at the time of the reappointment he would not be superseded until Jan. 1, 48 B.C., the date on which he would enter on the consulship. He would therefore hold office continually, and his enemies, the Senatorial party, would have no chance of bringing a prosecution against him, which might be fatal to his career. But in 52 B.C. they had induced Pompey to bring forward a new law by which ex-magistrates did not proceed to a province as soon as their office ended but after an interval of five years.…