Cicero / Gesine Manuwald.
Cicero / Gesine Manuwald.
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N937.05092/28
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English
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xii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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text
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unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Who is Cicero? -- Culmination of a life in politics and writing -- Political and literary career -- Politician and political philosopher -- Orator and rhetorician -- Philosophical writer -- Literary persona -- Personality -- Legacy and reception -- Conclusion: This is Cicero?
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England
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"Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) introduced Romans to the major schools of Greek philosophy, forging a Latin conceptual vocabulary that was entirely new. But for all the sophistication of his thinking, it is perhaps for his political and oratorical career that Cicero is best remembered. He was the nemesis of Catiline, whose plot to overthrow the...
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Cicero / Gesine Manuwald.
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Understanding classics.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and indexes.
HSC info copy located in section: History - Ancient.
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N937.05092/28
Record Identifier
74VKOBEBk5m3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOBEBk5m3
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ISBN
1780764014 hbk.
9781780764016 hbk.
9781780764023 pbk.
1780764022 pbk.
DDC
937.05092
MMS ID
991022644409702626
