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Alexander Barclay's Translation of Sallust's Bellum Iugurthinum (Hardcover)
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Alexander Barclay's Translation of Sallust's Bellum Iugurthinum (Hardcover)
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series, 344
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In 1522 Alexander Barclay (ca. 1476-1552), best known as the author
of the satirical poem, 'The Ship of Fools', published his own
English translation of the Roman historian, Sallust's, account of
the war between the Romans and Jurgurtha, King of Numidia. Barclay
expanded his source text to incorporate explanations for the
benefit of the non-scholarly audience of young English noblemen who
were his intended audience, as stated in his Preface. He drew
heavily on two printed commentaries on Sallust's text: the first
written by the Italian Humanist, Johannes Chrysostomus Soldus
(published in 1495), and the second by the Parisian printer and
scholar, Josse Badius Ascensius (published in 1504), weaving their
explanatory material into his translation. This is the first modern
critical edition of this text, which one of the earliest
translations from the classics into English. It is accompanied by a
full introduction, explanatory notes, and a glossary.
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