Amid the corruption and power struggles of the collapse of the Roman Republic, Cicero (106-43BC) produced some of the most stirring and eloquent speeches in history. A statesman and lawyer, he was one of the only outsiders to penetrate the aristocratic circles that controlled the Roman state, and became renowned for his speaking to the Assembly, Senate and courtrooms. Whether fighting corruption, quashing the Catiline conspiracy, defending the poet Archias or railing against Mark Antony in the Philippics – the magnificent arguments in defence of liberty which led to his banishment and death – Cicero’s speeches are oratory masterpieces, vividly evocative of the cut and thrust of Roman political life.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 336 ● ISBN 9780141920320 ● Translator Michael Grant ● Publisher Penguin Books Ltd ● Published 2004 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2269433 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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