Philippics I-II
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Philippics I-II
（Cambridge Greek and Latin classics）
Cambridge University Press, 2003
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 19 libraries
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Text in Latin with introd. and commentary in English
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This edition is the first since J. D. Denniston's of 1926 to present the Latin text of and a commentary on the First and Second Philippics, two of the most polished orations in the Ciceronian corpus. These speeches, which were composed less than six months after the murder of Julius Caesar in March 44 BC, offer a scathing account of the early years and the rise to power of Mark Antony, Caesar's chief lieutenant. The period covered by these speeches (roughly 63-44 BC) is an important one because the Roman state was in transition from Republic to Empire. The Second Philippic not only gives us Cicero's assessment of his own political career and place in Roman history from a perspective late in life, but it also provides a vivid eyewitness account of how the dominance first of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony was shifting the locus of power from the Senate and Roman aristocracy to a single dynast.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- References and abbreviations
- Map 1: the Roman world in 50 BC
- Map 2: Rome in the Late Republic
- Calendar of events of 44 BC
- Introduction
- 1. Historical background
- 2. Survey of the primary sources
- 3. The Philippics
- 4. Prose rhythm
- 5. The text
- M. TVLLI CICERONIS IN M. ANTONIVM ORATIO PHILIPPICA PRIMA
- M. TVILLI CICERONIS IN M. ANTONIVM ORATIO PHILIPPICA SECVNDA
- Commentary
- Indexes.
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