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Cicero Philippic II: A Selection (Paperback)
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(Fri May 31 22:43:49 2024) | AbebooksUK | CitiRetail | ISBN10: 1350010235, ISBN13: 9781350010239, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London] Softcover Paperback. This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Cicero's Philippic II sections 4450 ( viri tui similis esses) and 78 (C. Caesari ex Hispania redeunti)92, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of sections 100119, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed text to be read in English for A Level.It is 44 BC. Following Caesars assassination, his supporters are looking for a new leader. Caesars deputy, Antony, and the 18-year-old Octavian, the future Augustus, are vying with each other to fill the role; each seems more concerned with personal power than the good of Rome. Cicero returns to the city to try to save it with the one weapon at his disposal: his oratory.In this speech, the longest of the Philippics (so-called after a series of speeches made against Philip of Macedon), Cicero starts by defending his own career and then the part we read - demolishes Antonys. A masterpiece of invective, it ensures Antonys bitter hostility and Ciceros eventual elimination.Resources are available on the Companion Website Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
[Stevenage, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2018]
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