Cicero: A Portrait / Edition 2

by Elizabeth Rawson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780862920517
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/24/1994
Series:	BCPaperbacks
Edition description:	2001 Reprint
Pages:	357
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Rawson was Fellow of Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, UK, and author of Intellectual Life in the Late Roman Republic.

Table of Contents

List of lllustrations and Maps
Maps
Introduction
1 Arpinum and Rome 106-90 B.c.
2 At the Foot of the Ladder 90-77 B.c.
3 Political Apprenticeship 76-70 B.c.
4 The Bid for the Consulship 69-64 B.C.
5 The Father of his Country 63 B.c.
6 Pompey's Returban to Rome 62-60 B.c.
7 From Opposition to Exile 59-57 B.c.
8 Returban and Recantation 57-52 B.C.
9 Cicero on the Republic 56-52 B.c.
10 The Governor of Cilicia 51-50 B.c.
11 The Uncertainties of Civil War 49-48 B.c.
12 Private and Political Griefs 48-45 B.c.
13 The Consolations of Philosophy 45-44 B.c.
14 Caesar's Last Months 45-44 B.c.
15 The Attack on Antony 44 B.c.
16 Victory and Disaster 43 B.c.
17 The One Sure Immortality
References
Bibliography
The Roman Political System
Roman Nomenclature
Descriptive Index of Persons
Geographical Index