Cicero : the man and his works /
"Introduces students of Classics and Ancient History and educated general readers to the life and works of Cicero. By detailed analysis of his works in relation to his life, it aims to draw a more comprehensive picture of the man and his personality than previous biographies provide"--
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2025.
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Table of Contents:
- List of Maps
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- A note on sources
- An orator's education (106-80)
- Orator 2.0 (79-71)
- The "reluctant" prosecutor (70)
- A "new man" rising (69-64)
- Piloting the ship of state on an optimate course (January-August 63)
- Crisis management (September-December 63)
- The aftermath of the "annus mirabilis" (62)
- Seeking shelter in the past as storm clouds gather (61-59)
- To the abyss and back (58 to Early September 57)
- Resurgence and deflation (September 29, 57 to the End of April 56)
- Strategies for coping (May 56 to the End of 54)
- Political realities, theoretical constructs (The End of 54 to Mid-51)
- Away from Rome (Mid-51-47)
- Reclaiming a voice (46)
- Devastation and recovery (January to Mid-45)
- From theory to practice (Mid-45 through March 44)
- A new struggle looms (April-December 44)
- The final struggle (43)
- Conclusion: An intellectual between tradition and power
- Appendices
- List of works cited