Hundreds perished in Rome's Second Proscription, but one victim is remembered above all others. Cicero stands out, however, not only because of his fame, but also because his murder included a unique addition to the customary decapitation - his corpse was deprived not only of its head, but also of its right hand. Plutarch tells us that Mark Antony wanted the hand that wrote the Philippics, but how did it come to pass that Rome's greatest orator could be so hated for the speeches he had written? Charting a course through Cicero's celebrated career, this text examines two principal...