These pioneering writings on the mechanics, tactics, and strategies of government were devised by the Roman Republic's most enlightened thinker.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Cicero
EAN: 9780140445954
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES: 432
WEIGHT: 315 g
HEIGHT: 198 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 1993-09-30
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GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays
WIDTH: 129 mm
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Book Themes:
Literary essays, Political science and theory
An accomplished poet, philosopher, rhetorician, and humorist, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC- 43 BC) was also the greatest forensic orator Rome ever produced. To Cicero, service to the res publica (literally, "the public affair") was a Roman citizen's highest duty. At age 26 (in 80 BC), he successfully defended a man prosecuted unjustly by a crony of the bloodthirsty dictator Sulla. In 69 BC, he brought to order the corrupt Sicilian governor Verres. As consul in 63 BC, he put down the Catilinarian conspiracy; later, he was sent into exile for refusing to join the First Triumvirate. Late in life, he led the Senate's gallant but unsuccessful battle against Antony, for which he paid with his life on 7 December 43 BC.
