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Cicero's Essays on Old Age and Friendship, Also His Paradoxes
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Cicero's first public oration was The Defence of Roscius, in which he achieved a brilliant success, and secured his client's acquittal of the charge of having murdered his father, in spite of the fact that the trial took place before a partisan judge, and in the face of the opposition of Sulla, who was then dictator.
Cicero's first public oration was The Defence of Roscius, in which he achieved a brilliant success, and secured his client's acquittal of the charge of having murdered his father, in spite of the fact that the trial took place before a partisan judge, and in the face of the opposition of Sulla, who was then dictator.
155 pages, Paperback
First published August 18, 2008
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
8,153 books2,044 followersBorn 3 January 106 BC, Arpinum, Italy
Died 7 December 43 BC (aged 63), Formia, Italy
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.
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Cicéron
Marco Tullio Cicerone
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Died 7 December 43 BC (aged 63), Formia, Italy
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.
Alternate profiles:
Cicéron
Marco Tullio Cicerone
Note: All editions should have Marcus Tullius Cicero as primary author. Editions with another name on the cover should have that name added as secondary author.
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