Penguin Group
On Government
On Government
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Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 03/01/1994
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 7.88h x 5.16w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780140445954
About the Author
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.
