Trollope the Classicist: The Commentaries of Caesar and Life of Cicero in their Victorian Context.

This article examines the classical writings of the Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope, The Commentaries of Caesar (1870) and The Life of Cicero (1880), contextualizing them in contemporary discussions of the late Roman Republic and the author's own career and world-view.

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Published in:International Journal of the Classical Tradition Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 142 - 174
Main Author: Volk, Katharina
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Published: Springer Nature Jun2025
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