Cicero. Select Letters, with Engl. Intr., Notes [&c.] by A. Watson

by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Genres: Nonfiction

746 pages, Paperback

First published July 10, 2008

About the author

Born 3 January 106 BC, Arpinum, Italy
Died 7 December 43 BC (aged 63), Formia, Italy

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

Alternate profiles:
Cicéron
Marco Tullio Cicerone
Cicerone

Note: All editions should have Marcus Tullius Cicero as primary author. Editions with another name on the cover should have that name added as secondary author.

Reviews

[Lora · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't finished but I can't keep reading this consistently. I usually don't have much pity for Rome. But Cicero's letters are hard to read in large amounts. I'll keep at it.
I want to know how it comes out. Don't spoil it for me.

[Maj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this one in two big chunks in March and May but between found myself reading 3 non-fiction history books at once and ended up needing a break.
The title says it all, it's a selection of letters, not all of them. I think it works well as an introduction if one wants to get to know Cicero a bit better, beyond, say, a biography.
It's good for what it is.