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Murder Trials: 'In Defence of Sextus Roscius of America', 'In Defence of Aulus Cluentius Habitu', etc (Penguin Classics)

Murder Trials: 'In Defence of Sextus Roscius of America', 'In Defence of Aulus Cluentius Habitu', etc (Penguin Classics)

by Michael Grant (Editor), Cicero (Author), Michael Grant (Editor), Cicero (Author)

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    Paperback 1975

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Synopsis

Cicero's speeches "In Defence of Sextus Roscius of Amerina," "In Defence of Aulus Cluentius Habitus," "In Defence of Gaius Rabirius," "Note on the Speeches in Defence of Caelius and Milo," and "In Defence of King Deiotarus" provide insight into Roman life, law, and history.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 368
 Edition: Reissue
 Publisher: Penguin
Published: 26 Jun 1975
ISBN 10: 014044288X
ISBN 13: 9780140442885

Author Bio
An accomplished poet, philosopher, rhetorician, and humorist, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) was also the greatest forensic orator Rome ever produced. But 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.