Selected political speeches of Cicero
By: translated with an introduction by Michael Grant.
Contributors: Grant, Michael, 1914- tr.
Series: The Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin; Penguin Putnam
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Harmondsworth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- Translations into English; Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin -- Translations into English; Political science -- Early works to 1800; Rome -- Politics and government -- Sources
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: "As the Roman Republic lurched to its close, amid corruption, ruthless power struggles and gross inequality, Cicero produced some of the most stirring and eloquent speeches ever written. Whether he is quashing the Catiline conspiracy, defending the poet Archais or railing against Mark Anthony in the Philippics--The magnificent speeches in defense of liberty that cost him his life--cicero vividly evokes for us the cut and thrust of the Roman assembly, Senate and court rooms."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 323-324.