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Philippics (Cicero, Vol 15)
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43), Roman lawyer, orator, politician & philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived thru the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship & death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially & in his correspondence we see the excitement, tension & intrigue of politics & t...more
Hardcover, 400 pages
Published
January 1st 1926
by Loeb Classical Library
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not very impressed with this at all but i guess you had to know a bit about what was going on at the time. its 2 speeches (i think) which cicero gives against Mark Anthony. nothing overly interesting in them to be honest. cicero talks about how Mark's decadadent lifestyle may have tainted the impeccable image that rome had built up; inter alia. its only 100 pages ish but really couldnt get through it as quick as some of the other books from this series.
After Caesar's famous end Antonius, one of his stooges, carries on a semi-Civil war against the State and the senatorial party that assassinated Julius. Cicero lays out the arguments for the validity of the war against Antonius, who still had plenty of supporters both in the Senate and among the Roman legions. Interesting stuff, and often stirring invective against forces of would-be-limiters of a free state.
I tried comparing the warring factions involved in this volume of Cicero to the Barksdal...more
I tried comparing the warring factions involved in this volume of Cicero to the Barksdal...more
Short book relating speeches that Cicero gave in the Roman Senate.
Fourteen speeches or philippics made by Cicero in condemnation of Marcus Antonius... such occured after the assasination of Caeser when Cicero had become a rather populer leader of that time...
Mar 10, 2013
Bryce Joseph
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January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC
A Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.
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