Physical description

The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero Vol 3
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. 3 contains some of the most dramatic political speeches in ancient history. Volume 3 of this 1852 edition pivots away from the sweeping state conspiracies found in other volumes and focuses intensely on Cicero's personal political survival and highly dramatic legal defense trials. To understand its contents, you have to look at Cicero's life right before these speeches were given. In 58 BC, Cicero’s bitter enemy, Clodius, passed a law that forced Cicero into exile and destroyed his homes. A year later, Cicero was triumphantly recalled to Rome. Volume 3 is entirely made up of the legal battles and political speeches that followed his return as he fought to reclaim his property, protect his allies, and attack his enemies.
If Volume 4 is about Cicero trying to save the dying Roman Republic from Mark Antony, Volume 3 is about Cicero saving his own skin, rebuilding his career, and fighting the corrupt gang politics of 1st-century BC Rome.