This is the first modern critical edition of Alexander Barclay's translation of Sallust's Bellum Jugurthinum, a history of the war between the Romans and Jugurtha, King of Numidia. Published in 1522, it was one of the first translations of a classical text into English.
This is the first modern critical edition of Alexander Barclay's translation of Sallust's Bellum Jugurthinum, a history of the war between the Romans and Jugurtha, King of Numidia. Published in 1522, it was one of the first translations of a classical text into English.
Dr Greg Waite is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Otago, where he speclalises in language and literature from Old English to the Tudor periods.
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* Abbreviations * Introduction * The life and career of Alexander Barclay * Sallust, his Opera and their reception in the Middle Ages and Renaissance * Selected list of Sallust editions to 1521 * Barclay's sources and his use of commentaries * Translation method and style * The texts of the translation * Plan of the present edition * Select Bibliography * Text * The Famous Cronycle of the Warre which the Romayns had agaynst Iugurth, Vsurper of the Kyngdome of Numidy * Appendices * I: Preface to Thomas Paynell's Edition of 1557 * II: Soldus's Summary of the Bellum Iugurthunum as reproduced by Ascencius * III: Commentaries on Chapter XLVIII by Soldus and Ascensius * Notes * Glossary * Index of Names
* Abbreviations * Introduction * The life and career of Alexander Barclay * Sallust, his Opera and their reception in the Middle Ages and Renaissance * Selected list of Sallust editions to 1521 * Barclay's sources and his use of commentaries * Translation method and style * The texts of the translation * Plan of the present edition * Select Bibliography * Text * The Famous Cronycle of the Warre which the Romayns had agaynst Iugurth, Vsurper of the Kyngdome of Numidy * Appendices * I: Preface to Thomas Paynell's Edition of 1557 * II: Soldus's Summary of the Bellum Iugurthunum as reproduced by Ascencius * III: Commentaries on Chapter XLVIII by Soldus and Ascensius * Notes * Glossary * Index of Names
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