Pro Marco Caelio is perhaps Cicero's best-loved speech and has long been regarded as one of the best surviving examples of Roman oratory. Speaking in defence of the young aristocrat Marcus Caelius Rufus on charges of political violence, Cicero scores his points with wit but also with searing invective directed at a supporter of the prosecution, Clodia Metelli, whom he represents as seeking vengeance as a lover spurned by his client. This new edition and detailed commentary offers advanced undergraduates and graduate students, as well as scholars, a detailed analysis of Cicero's rhetorical...

Ciceros Topik wird oftmals als Gelegenheitsschrift von nur marginaler Bedeutung verkannt. Ihr eigentliches Ziel liegt in der Wiederzusammenfuhrung von Dialektik und Rhetorik, der seit Platon und Isokrates miteinander verfeindeten Schwestern. Unveranderter Print-on-Demand-Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1983."

Cicero's classic ON OLD AGE is now adapted, explained, and updated to today's world. "Getting old is not for sissies" the mortal words of Bette Davis. And somewhat the theme of the Cicero's ON OLD AGE. Except that Cicero did not believe in denying aging or hiding its effects. What he believed had been passed on for generations and still speaks to a modern world. Now 'De Senectute' can be read with a real understanding of it, explained and presented to the contemporary reader. Adapted by Richard Gerberding, a retired professor of history and director of Classical Studies at the University of...

Rede fur t. Annius Milo by Marcus Tullius Cicero. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1841 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes."