{"product_id":"orations-other-fragments-cato-9780674997554","title":"Orations. Other Fragments","description":"Ancient Rome’s original archconservative.   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.   This volume and its companion (LCL 551) 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.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51116095308064,"sku":"9780674997554","price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780674997554.jpg?v=1768256449","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/orations-other-fragments-cato-9780674997554","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}