172 results for '"CICERO"'

A collection of representative letters from Cicero's vast correspondence, with introduction and commentary.

1929. This translation is accompanied by an interesting introduction describing in some detail Cicero's theory of the state and the sources of that theory along with commentary. Introduction: The...

A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero’s influential writings on the Stoic idea of the divine Most ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods―from...

Cicero's speech delivered in the mid 50s BC in defence of Gaius Rabirius Postumus was the last of a series of trials which followed the restoration of the Egyptian king, Ptolemy XII Auletes, to his...

The aim of the series is to present a text without commentary but with a brief apparatus criticus at the foot of each page.

Professor Shackleton Bailey is renowned for his major scholarly editions of Cicero's letters already published by Cambridge University Press. This selection from the complete correspondence is...

"Marcus Tullius Cicero (pron.: /ssro/; Classical Latin: [marks tul.ljs kkro?]; 3 January 106 BC? 7 December 43 BC; sometimes anglicized as Tully was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, orator,...

"In this Very Short Introduction, Yelena Baraz presents a concise and integrated account of Cicero's life and accomplishments, locating him within the political and intellectual contexts of his time...

"[The present edition] will long remain not only the standard commentary on this work, but an indispensable aid to every student of Cicero. Nisbet's choice of the neglected In Pisonem was a happy one...

Professor Fuhrmann's biography is expressly designed for a general readership that includes those with no firsthand knowledge of Classical languages. The sources for Cicero's life and work are...

Cicero in Letters is a guide to the first extensive correspondence that survives from the Greco-Roman world. The more than eight hundred letters of Cicero that are its core provided literary models...

Timeless political wisdom from ancient history's greatest statesmanMarcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved...

"Does happiness come from the pursuit of pleasure or moral virtue? A vivid new translation of Cicero's exploration of a timeless question. "Of course, we all want to be happy." So wrote the Roman...

All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision...

Mit den Philippischen Reden erreicht Cicero den abschließenden Höhepunkt seiner rhetorischen Leistung und politischen Tätigkeit. Diese vierzehn Reden sind ferner ein bedeutendes Zeugnis für die...