Thomas Stangl (21 December 1854 in

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– 4 August 1921 in

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) was a German

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and text critic. He is found referenced most often for his edition of

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Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the estab ...

's speeches (''Ciceronis orationum scholiastae''), especially for his work on Asconius and the

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. In 1883 he obtained his

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for

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, and served as an associate professor (from 1900) and full professor (from 1919) at the

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* ''Boethiana: vel Boethii commentariorum in Ciceronis topica emendationes ex octo codicibus haustas et auctas observationibus grammaticis'' (1882), on the commentaries by

Boethius Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known as Boethius (; Latin: ''Boetius''; 480 – 524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, ''magister officiorum'', historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the tr ...

on Cicero's ''Topica''; Stangl's dissertation at the

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. * ''Der sogenannte Gronovscholiast zu elf ciceronischen Reden'' (1884), the Scholia Gronoviana on Cicero's speeches. * ''Orator ad Brutum'' (1885) and ''Brutus de claris oratoribus'' (1886), text with notes in Latin on the works by Cicero. * ''

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Senator'' (1887). * ''Tulliana et Mario-Victoriniana'' (1887/88), notes (in German) on Cicero's speeches and the commentaries of

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* ''Virgiliana: Die grammatischen Schriften des Galliers Virgilius Maro, auf Grund einer erstmaligen Vergleichung der Handschrift von Amiens und einer erneuten der Handschriften von Paris und Neapel'' (1891), on

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* ''M. Tulli Ciceronis De Oratore'' (1893), an edition of Cicero's ''

De oratore ''De Oratore'' (''On the Orator''; not to be confused with ''Orator'') is a dialogue written by Cicero in 55 BC. It is set in 91 BC, when Lucius Licinius Crassus dies, just before the Social War and the civil war between Marius and Sulla, du ...

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* ''Bobiensia: neue Beiträge zur Textkritik und Sprache der Bobienser Ciceroscholien'' (1894), on the

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* ''Tulliana: Der Text des

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zu Cicero de oratore in ausgewählten Stellen besprochen'' (1898). * ''Q. Curti Rufi Historiarum Alexandri Magni'' (1902), an edition of the extant portions of

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* ''Pseudoasconiana. Textgestaltung und Sprache der anonymen Scholien zu Ciceros vier ersten Verrinen'' (1909), anonymous scholia on Cicero's first speech against Verres, formerly attributed to Asconius. * ''Ciceronis orationum scholiastae Asconius, scholia bobiensia, scholia pseudasconii sangallensia, scholia cluniacensia et recentiora ambrosiana ac vaticana, scholia lugdunensia sive gronoviana et eorum excerpta lugdunensia'' (1912, reprinted 1964), edition of Asconius, the Bobbio Scholiast, and other scholia on Cicero's speeches; the value of this edition, which draws on Stangl's earlier work, is indicated by its reprinting 50 years after its initial publication. * ''Lactantiana'' (1915), notes on

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