Cicero
The Man and His Works
- Author: Andrew R. Dyck, University of California, Los Angeles
- Publication planned for: May 2025
- availability: Not yet published - available from May 2025
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107085640
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Cicero is one of the most important historical figures of classical antiquity. He rose from a provincial family to become consul at Rome in 63 BC and continued to play an active role in politics before his murder under the triumvirs Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus. He also engaged in Roman intellectual culture, writing key works on both rhetoric and philosophy. We have a very large body of written evidence by and about him – far more than for any other figure of the Roman Republic – including private correspondence not intended for publication. However, previous biographers – in mapping his political career – have mostly overlooked his other activities. Taking a broader perspective enables a much fuller and richer profile of him to emerge. This epochal new portrait of Rome's great orator offers a more complete picture of the man, his personality, and his works in the overall context of his remarkable life.
Read more- The first major biography of Cicero for forty years, taking into account the transformation of Ciceronian studies over the past two decades
- Emphasizes Cicero's intellectual and philosophical works, situating them within their political contexts to reflect on their contribution to his life and legacy
- Compares Cicero with other figures of his time to try to understand what made him unique
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- Publication planned for: May 2025
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107085640
- length: 1012 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 mm
- availability: Not yet published - available from May 2025
Table of Contents
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.
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