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On government / Cicero ; translated by Michael Grant.
LIBRA JC81 .C575 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Series:
- Penguin classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Early works to 1800.
- Political science.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Early works to 1800.
- Physical Description:
- 421 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
- Other Title:
- Cicero on government.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Penguin Books, [1993]
- Summary:
- Cicero was a key figure in the turbulent closing years of the Roman Republic - These speeches illuminate the major issues of politics in that time.
- Contents:
- Against Vernes (II, 5) : how not to govern a province
- For Murena : when to sacrifice a principle
- For Balbus : the admission of foreigners to citizenship
- On the state (III) : the ideal form of government ; (V, VI): the good statesman
- On laws (III) : how to run the ideal government
- The Brutus : the importance of oratory
- The Philippics (IV, V, X) : against rule by one man
- Appendix 1: Some of the arguments used in For Balbus
- Appendix 2: Minor orators mentioned in the Brutus.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-406) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0140445951
- 9780140445954
- OCLC:
- 29888688
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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