Cicero

Auteur

ANDREW R. DYCK is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published on a broad range of subjects ranging from Homer to fifteenth-century Italian humanism and is the author of eight previous books on Cicero.

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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.

Contenu

List of maps; List of abbreviations; Introduction; A note on sources; 1. An orator's education (106-80); 2. Orator 2.0 (79-71); 3. The 'reluctant' prosecutor (70); 4. A 'new man' rising (6--64); 5. Piloting the ship of state on an optimate course (January-August 63); 6. Crisis management (September-December 63); 7. The aftermath of the 'annus mirabilis' (62); 8. Seeking shelter in the past as storm clouds gather (61-59); 9. To the abyss and back (58 to early September 57); 10. Resurgence and deflation (September 29, 57 to the end of April 56); 11. Strategies for coping (May 56 to the end of 54); 12. Political realities, theoretical constructs (the end of 54 to mid-51); 13. Away from Rome (mid-51-47); 14. Reclaiming a voice (46); 15. Devastation and recovery (January to mid-45); 16. From theory to practice (mid-45 through March 44); 17. A new struggle looms (April-December 44); 18. The final struggle (43); 19. Conclusion: an intellectual between tradition and power; Appendices; List of works cited; Index of Greek words; Index of Latin words; Index of passages discussed; Subject index; Index of proper names.