Cicero: Politics and Persuasion in Ancient Rome

273 Pages·2011·1.9 MB·English

by  Kathryn Tempest

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Cicero
Politics and Persuasion in Ancient Rome
Kathryn Tempest
Continuum International Publishing Group
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Copyright © Kathryn Tempest 2011
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First published 2011
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978-1-84725-246-3
Typeset by Pindar NZ, Auckland, New Zealand
Printed and bound in India by Replika Press PVT Ltd
Contents
Maps and Illustrations vii
Chronologies x
Acknowledgements xv
Prologue: A Master of Words and a Patriot 1
1 The Senate and the People of Rome 9
2 The Making of the Man (106–82 bc) 19
3 Climbing the Ladder of Offi ces (81–70 bc) 31
4 Cicero on the Attack (70 bc) 45
5 The New Man at Rome (69–67 bc) 59
6 The Climb to the Consulship (66–64 bc) 71
7 A Consulship and a Conspiracy (63 bc) 85
8 High Hopes and Shattered Dreams (62–60 bc) 101
9 Enemies, Exile and Return (59–57 bc) 113
10 Cicero and the Triumvirs (57–53 bc) 125
11 Cicero, Clodius and Milo (52 bc) 139
12 Away from Rome: Governor of Cilicia (51–50 bc) 151
13 Away from Rome Again: Civil War (49–47 bc) 161
14 Cicero and Caesar (46–44 bc) 173
15 The Tyranny of Antony (44 bc) 183
16 The Last Fight for Liberty (44–43 bc) 195
vi CONTENTS
Epilogue: The Head and the Hands of Cicero 209
Appendix 1: Glossary 215
Appendix 2: Principal Greek and Roman Authors 223
Notes 225
Bibliography 243
Index 249
Maps and Illustrations
MAPS
The Roman Empire viii
Italy and Sicily ix
ILLUSTRATIONS
A portrait bust of Cicero in later life 1
Senatus Populusque Romanus 10
Republican forum 43
Pompey the Great 66
The view from the Palatine hill today 106
Marble portrait of Julius Caesar 136
The Roman road leading to the forum 171
EID MAR: the Ides of March, on a denarius (a silver coin)
of Marcus Junius Brutus, celebrating the assassination of Caesar 184
A later coin depicting Mark Antony 187
The young Octavian (later called Augustus) 203