| Author | : Cicero |
| File Size | : 52,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 29 September 2011 |
| ISBN | : 9780141970936 |
| Pages | : 328 pages |
In Defence of the Republic by Cicero Book PDF Summary
Cicero (106-43BC) was the most brilliant orator in Classical history. Even one of the men who authorized his assassination, the Emperor Octavian, admitted to his grandson that Cicero was: 'an eloquent man, my boy, eloquent and a lover of his country'. This new selection of speeches illustrates Cicero's fierce loyalty to the Roman Republic, giving an overview of his oratory from early victories in the law courts to the height of his political career in the Senate. We see him sway the opinions of the mob and the most powerful men in Rome, in favour of Pompey the Great and against the conspirator Catiline, while The Philippics, considered his finest achievements, contain the thrilling invective delivered against his rival, Mark Antony, which eventually led to Cicero's death.