Speeches Against Catilina
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 14,54 MB
Release : 1900
Category :
ISBN :
Cicero's Catilinarians
Author : D. H. Berry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 23,71 MB
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0197510817
Book Description
The Catilinarians are a set of four speeches that Cicero, while consul in 63 BC, delivered before the senate and the Roman people against the conspirator Catiline and his followers. Or are they? Cicero did not publish the speeches until three years later, and he substantially revised them before publication, rewriting some passages and adding others, all with the aim of justifying the action he had taken against the conspirators and memorializing his own role in the suppression of the conspiracy. How, then, should we interpret these speeches as literature? Can we treat them as representing what Cicero actually said? Or do we have to read them merely as political pamphlets from a later time? In this, the first book-length discussion of these famous speeches, D. H. Berry clarifies what the speeches actually are and explains how he believes we should approach them. In addition, the book contains a full and up-to-date account of the Catilinarian conspiracy and a survey of the influence that the story of Catiline has had on writers such as Sallust and Virgil, Ben Jonson and Henrik Ibsen, from antiquity to the present day.
Speeches Against Catilina
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher :
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 45,74 MB
Release : 1896
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
The First Oration Against C. Verres
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,15 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781019485590
Book Description
The First Oration Against C Verres is a classic work of Roman oratory by the famous statesman and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero. The speech was delivered in 70 BCE in defense of the Sicilian people against the corrupt practices of the governor Verres. The speech is a masterpiece of rhetorical persuasion and a scathing indictment of Verres' crimes. The book provides a fascinating glimpse into the politics, law, and culture of ancient Rome. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher :
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Latin literature
ISBN :
Book Description
The Speeches of M. Tullius Cicero Against Catiline and Antony and for Murena and Milo
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 19,62 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Latin literature
ISBN :
Book Description
Political Speeches
Author : Cicero
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 43,21 MB
Release : 2006-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0191605271
Book Description
'Two things alone I long for: first, that when I die I may leave the Roman people free...and second, that each person's fate may reflect the way he has behaved towards his country.' Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. This book presents nine speeches which reflect the development, variety, and drama of his political career,among them two speeches from his prosecution of Verres, a corrupt and cruel governor of Sicily; four speeches against the conspirator Catiline; and the Second Philippic, the famous denunciation of Mark Antony which cost Cicero his life. Also included are On the Command of Gnaeus Pompeius, in which he praises the military successes of Pompey, and For Marcellus, a panegyric in praise of the dictator Julius Caesar. These new translations preserve Cicero's rhetorical brilliance and achieve new standards of accuracy. A general introduction outlines Cicero's public career, and separate introductions explain the political significance of each of the speeches. Together with its companion volume, Defence Speeches, this edition provides an unparalleled sampling of Cicero's oratorical achievements.
O Tempora! O Mores!
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 17,19 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780806136615
Book Description
O Tempora! O Mores! is designed to fit a variety of pedagogical approaches. Shapiro's historical essays bring a new dimension to Latin study, explaining the history and politics behind the texts. The volume is further amplified by a vocabulary, maps, a bibliography, and appendices.
Catilina's Riddle
Author : Steven Saylor
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 44,8 MB
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429908629
Book Description
"Saylor rivals Robert Graves in his knack for making the classical world come alive." --(ortland) Oregonian "Engrossing...Ironic and satisfying." -- San Francisco Chronicle The third in Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa novels featuring Gordianus the Finder. Gordianus, disillusioned by the corruption of Rome circa 63 B.C., has fled the city with his family to live on a farm in the Etruscan countryside. But this bucolic life is disrupted by the machinations and murderous plots of two politicians: Roman consul Cicero, Gordianus's longtime patron, and populist senator Catilina, Cicero's political rival and a candidate to replace him in the annual elections for consul. Claiming that Catilina plans an uprising if he loses the race, Cicero asks Gordianus to keep a watchful eye on the radical. Although he distrusts both men, Gordianus is forced into the center of the power struggle when his six-year-old daughter Diana finds a headless corpse in their stable. Shrewdly depicting deadly political maneuverings, this addictive mystery also displays the author's firm grasp of history and human character. On first publication back in 1994, Catilina's Riddle was a finalist for the Hammet Award.
Catilinarians
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,54 MB
Release : 2008-04-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780521832861
Book Description
A commentary for students on the four speeches delivered by Cicero during the crisis of 63 BC, when, as consul, he faced a conspiracy to overthrow the Roman state launched by the frustrated consular candidate Lucius Sergius Catilina. They show him at the height of his oratorical powers and political influence.
