Physical description
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero Vol 4
Author: C D Yonge
Publisher: Henry G Bohn
Date: 1852
Green cloth hard cover with Library label, title & Vol number on spine in gold lettering
Publication type
non-fiction
Inscriptions & markings
The label on the spine cover with typed text PAT 875.2 CIC
Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library.
Front loose end paper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service.
Front loose end paper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service.
Summary
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Vol. 4 contains some of the most dramatic political speeches in ancient history. Specifically, this volume includes The Philippics, a series of 14 fierce orations delivered by Cicero against Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony) in 44–43 BC, following the assassination of Julius Caesar. Cicero was desperately trying to rally the Roman Senate to defend the failing Republic against Antony’s rise to dictatorial power.
Appended to the back of the volume are Cicero’s works on the art of speaking and argument, including The Treatise on Rhetorical Invention, The Orator, Topics, and On Rhetorical Partitions.
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