Philippics

"Philippics" is a seminal collection of fourteen speeches delivered by the celebrated Roman statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero between 44 and 43 BC. These orations represent a fierce and final defense of the Roman Republic and its traditional institutions during the volatile period following the assassination of Julius Caesar. Named in deliberate imitation of Demosthenes' speeches against Philip II of Macedon, Cicero's "Philippics" are primarily directed against Mark Antony, whom Ci...