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Selected Letters (Paperback)
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Selected Letters (Paperback)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
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Loot Price R331
Discovery Miles 3 310
You Save R75 (18%)
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'How I wish that you had invited me to that most attractive feast
on the Ides of March!' Cicero lived through some of the most
turbulent years in the history of Rome, and witnessed at first-hand
the overthrow of the republic and its replacement by a tyranny. His
letters to friends and family are an astonishingly detailed record
of daily life and politics in Rome. This selection, covering the
years 68-43 BC, not merely documents in detail Cicero's career but
simultaneously provides a month-by-month record of the final
collapse of the Roman senatorial government. The letters provide
from the inside a vivid picture of events from the high point of
Cicero's consulship of 63, through the humiliation of his exile and
subsequent subjection to the dynasts, to the assassination of
Caesar in 44, and Cicero's brief hour of glory in leading
senatorial resistance to the tyranny of Mark Antony. In P. G.
Walsh's lively new translation, Cicero's correspondence once more
brings alive the excitement and danger of ancient Rome. ABOUT THE
SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made
available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship,
providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities,
helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for
further study, and much more.
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