摘要：This paper offers a rereading of the “setting” ofDe legibus, in the countryside near the house where Cicero was born. In particular, it focuses on the beginning of Book II (§§ 1-7), with the goal of re-examining the praise of his birthplace and the problem of having “two homelands”,unam naturae, alteram civitatis, or, as well,alteram loci patriam, alteram iuris(leg. 2, 5). Cicero’s reflections inDe legibus2, 1-7 turn out to be potentially relevant for our contemporary world and its globalization, in which we must confront large-scale immigration issues, reconsider difficulties of citizenship, and deal with ideas of national sovereignty and regional feelings in an ongoing fashion.
