Selected Political Speeches
Selected Political Speeches
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Author
Author
Marcus Tulius Cicero / Марк Тулий Цицерон
Dimension
Dimension
129x198mm (5,1'x7,8')
ISBN
ISBN
9780140442144
Format
Format
Paperback
Language
Language
English
Page Count
Page Count
336
Publisher
Publisher
Penguin
Year of book publication
Year of book publication
1973
Selected Political Speeches
Amid the corruption and power struggles of the collapse of the Roman Republic, Cicero (106-43BC) produced some of the most stirring and eloquent speeches in history. A statesman and lawyer, he was one of the only outsiders to penetrate the aristocratic circles that controlled the Roman state, and became renowned for his speaking to the Assembly, Senate and courtrooms. Whether fighting corruption, quashing the Catiline conspiracy, defending the poet Archias or railing against Mark Antony in the Philippics - the magnificent arguments in defence of liberty which led to his banishment and death - Cicero's speeches are oratory masterpieces, vividly evocative of the cut and thrust of Roman political life.
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Author:Marcus Tulius Cicero - Марк Тулий Цицерон
Publisher:Penguin
Language:English
Publication Date:1973
Number of pages:336 pst
Format:Paperback
Width:129 mm / 5,1'
Height:198 mm / 7,8'
Weight:234 g
ISBN:9780140442144