Ciceronian Sicily: The Epigraphic Dimension

For the purposes of contextualizing the Verrines, this paper surveys the (lapidary) epigraphy of Hellenistic / Republican Sicily. The use of epigraphic evidence alongside a literary text such as the Verrines presents certain methodological problems. In the first part of the paper I summarize possible approaches and earlier discussion ; the second part of the paper combines a case study of these methodologies with a survey of the epigraphic evidence for Ciceronian Sicily.Prag Jonathan R. W. Ciceronian Sicily: The Epigraphic Dimension. In: La Sicile de Cicéron : lecture des Verrines. Actes du colloque de Paris (19-20 mai 2006) Organisé par l'UMR 8585, Centre Gustave Glotz. Besançon : Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l'Antiquité, 2007. pp. 245-272. (Collection « ISTA », 1030