In defence of the republic
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In defence of the republic
（Penguin classics, . Penguin literature）
Penguin Books, 2011
- : pbk
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Kobe Shoin Women's University Library / Kobe Shoin Women's College Library
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Translated from the Latin
Bibliography: p. [xxxi]-xxxiv
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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.
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