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The oration of Deseze, in defence of Lewis the Sixteenth, King of France: pronounced at the bar of the National Convention, on Wednesday, the 26th of December, 1792, in the first year of the Republic: to which is added, the will of the king, in French and English

By Marcus , Tullius Cicero

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Year
2011
ISBN
9780141970936
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2839839 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

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 powerful men in Rome, in favour of Pompey the Great and against the conspirator Catiline, while The Philippics, considered his finest achievements, contain the thrilling invective delivered against his rival, Mark Antony, which eventually led to Cicero's death.

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