Name: On Government (Penguin Classics)
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Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius ; Grant, Michael ; Grant, Michael
ISBN: 9780140445954

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Type

Physical Book

Translated by

Michael Grant

Introduction by

Michael Grant

Publisher

Penguin

Author

Cicero, Marcus Tullius ; Grant, Michael ; Grant, Michael

Year

1993

Language

English

Pages

421

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.0 x 13.1 x 2.6 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN

0140445951

ISBN13

9780140445954

Edition No.

Synopsis "On Government (Penguin Classics) "

"The creature you have to deal with, Romans, is not just a villainous crook" Cicero (106-43BC) was a key figure in the Roman Republic and a witness to its dramatic collapse into a dictatorship. The seven works collected here expound his passionate belief in national harmony, fully demonstrating his formidable powers as an orator and writer. Delivered after the assassination of Julius Caesar when Mark Antony looked set to take over Rome, the Philippics are a brilliant attack on one-man rule that ultimately cost cicero his life. In Against Verres, he argues for the impeachment of a corrupt provincial governor, yet Cicero's principles were tested in For Murena and Far Balbus when he was forced to defend guilty men in order to maintain political stability. On the State and On Laws are treatises on the art of government, while the Brutus is masterly survey oratory, a Roman Statesman's most important skill. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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