Drawing on a full range of Cicero's speeches, essays and correspondence, as well as on the most recent research, Rawson's highly regarded biography of Cicero - his politics and philosophy - makes fascinating reading for historians, classicists, and anyone interested in Roman history.
Author(s): Elizabeth Rawson
Edition: Hardcover
Publisher: Allen Lane
Year: 1975
Language: English
Pages: 341
Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 5
1. Arpinum and Rome 106-90 BC......Page 9
2. At the foot of the ladder 90-77 BC......Page 20
3. Political apprenticenship 76-70 BC......Page 37
4. The bid for the consulship 69-64 BC......Page 52
5. The father of his country 63 BC......Page 68
6. Pompey's return to Rome 62-60 BC......Page 97
7. From opposition to exile 59-57 BC......Page 114
8. Return and recantation 57-52 BC......Page 130
9. Cicero on the Republic 56-52 BC......Page 154
10. The governor of Cilicia 51-50 BC......Page 172
11. Uncertainties of Civil war 49-48 BC......Page 191
12. Private and political griefs 48-45 BC......Page 211
13. The consolation of philosophy 45-44 BC......Page 238
14. Caesar's last months 45-44 BC......Page 256
15. The attack on Antony 44 BC......Page 268
16. Victory and disaster 43 BC......Page 286
17. The one sure immortality......Page 307
References......Page 317
Bibliography......Page 329
The Rpman political system......Page 331
Roman nomenclature......Page 334
Descriptive index of persons......Page 335
Geographical index......Page 347
