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The writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero constitute one of the most renowned collections of historical and philosophical work in all of classical antiquity. Cicero was a Roman politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, philosopher, and constitutionalist who lived during the years of 106–43 BC.
Cicero – First speech against Catilina in Latin. The First Catilinarian is the most famous speech in Latin literature. [25] Its first sentence in particular is carefully crafted so as to have its form support its content. [26] In consequence, it is still widely remembered and used after more than 2000 years:
The Philippics (Latin: Philippicae, singular Philippica) are a series of 14 speeches composed by Cicero in 44 and 43 BC, condemning Mark Antony. Cicero likened these speeches to those of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon; [1] both Demosthenes' and Cicero's speeches became known as Philippics.
Cicero's speech in defense of Sextus Roscius, accused of murdering his own father Cicero 80 BCE [74] Pro Marcello: On behalf of Marcellus: Cicero's defense of Marcellus: Cicero 46 BCE [75] Pro Milone: In Defence of Titus Annius Milo: Cicero's defense of Titus Milo, who was accused of murdering Clodius. Cicero 52 BCE [76] Pro Murena
Marcus Tullius Cicero [a] (/ ˈ s ɪ s ə r oʊ / SISS-ə-roh; Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs ˈtʊlli.ʊs ˈkɪkɛroː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, writer and Academic skeptic, [4] who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. [5]
Previous to and during Cicero’s lifetime, there was a quarrel between rhetoricians and philosophers over whether rhetoric was restricted to only the forensic and technical sphere, or if it included the abstract and philosophical realm. “Specifically, Cicero suggest[s] ascending from the [restrictive] to the [general] in a speech.” [16]
A bust of Cicero, depicted at the age of around 60. Pro Caelio is a speech given on 4 April 56 BC, by the famed Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero in defence of Marcus Caelius Rufus, who had once been Cicero's pupil but more recently had become estranged from him.
First page of a miniature of Cicero's De oratore, 15th century, Northern Italy, now at the British Museum De Oratore ( On the Orator ) is a dialogue written by Cicero in 55 BC. It is set in 91 BC, when Lucius Licinius Crassus dies, just before the Social War and the civil war between Marius and Sulla , during which Marcus Antonius , the other ...