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Presumably Titus Pomponius Atticus. On the Laws, also known by its Latin name De Legibus ( abbr. De Leg. ), is a Socratic dialogue written by Marcus Tullius Cicero during the last years of the Roman Republic. It bears the same name as Plato 's famous dialogue, The Laws.
On the Laws (De Legibus) | Natural Law, Natural Rights, and American Constitutionalism. Print PDF. On the Laws (De Legibus), Books 1–3 (Excerpts) By Cicero. [ Marcus Tullius Cicero. On the Laws. Translated by David Fott. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. 2014. Books 1 and 3. Copyright David Fott. Used with permission.]
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While the De Re Publica and the first book of the De Legibus are general and philosophical, the second and third books of the latter treatise provide us with what would at present be called an actual constitution for an ideal State, with a detailed commentary on many of its provisions; this constitution, though based in general upon the actual ...
M. Tullius Cicero. De Legibus. Georges de Plinval. Paris. Belles Lettres. 1959. Scanned printed text. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text. Commentary references to this page (1): Thomas W. Allen, E. E. Sikes, Commentary on the Homeric Hymns, HYMN TO APOLLO.
De republica, following it with De legibus (begun in 52). These writings were an attempt to interpret Roman history in terms of Greek political theory. The bulk of his philosophical writings belong to the period between February 45 and November 44. His output and range of subjects were astonishing: the… Read More
The three important manuscripts of the De Legibus, all at Leyden, are: Vossianus 84, a.d. 800–1100 (A). Vossianus 86, a.d. 900–1200 (B). Heinsianus 118, a.d. 1000–1200 (H). A and B are recognized as the best manuscripts, 1 but there has been a considerable amount of controversy as to the value of the variant readings of H. 2
On The Laws (De Legibus) - Book I. Marcus Tullius Cicero. on On The Laws. In the following discussion among Cicero (M for Marcus), Atticus Pomponius (A) and Quintus (Q), they turn to the topic...
