内容简介
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.
作者简介
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.