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In Defence of the Republic - Cicero, and McElduff, Siobhan (Editor)
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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 ...

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In Defence of the Republic 2011, Penguin Classics, London

ISBN-13: 9780140455533

Mass-market paperback