Author name and surname(s), ((c.) original date(s)) 'Title of work', in "Container or publication" (commentary by [name]; translation by [name]; Issue; Edition, Year of edition), Book / Chapter / Page numbers / (Timestamp).
[link]
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This citation format addresses:
1. Who said this?
2. When?
3. Where (media)?
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Priorities:
1. Authorship.
2. Historical context.
3. Verifiability: Information to access the source or to aid in identifying it if the original became unavailable.
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Assumptions:
1. English-speaking audience.
2. Can't use italics.
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Examples:
Niccolò Machiavelli, (c. 1517), 'Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius', (translated by Ninian Hill Thomson; 1883), Book I, Chapter IX, 41-45.
https://archive.org/details/cu31924030435659
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Note:
Not all elements are required.
Modify if doing so clarifies authorship, historical context, or verifiability.