Declamationes Sullanae—Introductory Material, Declamations III, IV, and V

The five Latin Declamations brought Vives (1492-1540) to the attention of the literary community in 1520. He soon abandoned the creative genre for straightforward prose, but returned to the Declamations late in life, revising and republishing them in 1538. They are fictional speeches by the Roman Republican dictator Sulla (138-78 BC) on his abdication. George (emeritus, classics, Texas Technical U.) presents the Latin text and English translation on facing pages, with linguistic and topical footnotes respectively. The first two Declamations are in volume one. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Edward V. George (Ph.D, University of Wisconsin, 1966) is Professor Emeritus of Classics at Texas Tech University. He has published extensively on Vives, including explorations of Vives' rhetoric and a bilingual edition of the Somnium et vigilia in Somnium Scipionis.Anna Hinkle (BS, Kutztown State, Pennsylvania; MA, Classical Humanities, Texas Tech University) studied Classics at Austin College, Sherman, TX, the University of Dallas, Texas Tech, and the American Academy in Rome. She teaches Latin, all levels, at Sherman High School.