Selected Political Speeches

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A collection of political speeches from the greatest orator of Rome

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.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780140442144
Published: April 1973

Number of pages: 336
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 10 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd