Selected Political Speeches

by Marcus Tullius Cicero · 1969

+ Want to read

Amid the corruption and power struggles of the collapse of the Roman Republic, Cicero (106-43BC) produced some of the most stirring and eloquent speeches in history. A statesman and lawyer, he was one of the only outsiders to penetrate the aristocratic circles that controlled the Roman state, and became renowned for his speaking to the Assembly, Senate and courtrooms. Whether fighting corruption, quashing the Catiline conspiracy, defending the poet Archias or railing against Mark Antony in the Philippics - the magnificent arguments in defence of liberty which led to his banishment and death - Cicero's speeches are oratory masterpieces, vividly evocative of the cut and thrust of Roman political life.

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
ancient historyancient historyMore like thisLess of thisancient Romeancient RomeMore like thisLess of thisantiquityantiquityMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare prices

Liked Selected Political Speeches? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Selected Political Speeches. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Free onlineFree
    The Athenian Constitution Aristotle Shares classics, philosophy, history
  2. The Jugurthine War and the Conspiracy of Catiline Sallust Shares classics, history, nonfiction
  3. Makers of Rome: Nine Lives Plutarch · 100 Shares classics, history, nonfiction
  4. Free onlineFree
    Common Sense Thomas Paine · 1776 Shares classics, philosophy, politics
See more recommendations →

“People who read Selected Political Speeches tend to reach for these next.”

  1. The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus Cassius Dio · 1987
  2. The History of Rome, Books XXI-XXX: The War With Hannibal Livy · 1965
  3. Lives of the Later Caesars Unknown · 1976
  4. The Histories Tacitus · 110

“If you want more of the same (history), start with these.”

  1. Nationalism Ernest Gellner · 1997
  2. Machiavelli in Context William R. Cook · 2006
  3. How propaganda works Jason Stanley · 2015
  4. On Politics: A History of Political Thought From Herodotus to the Present Alan Ryan · 2012

“If it was the classics that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The Prince and Other Writings Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532
  2. Common Sense and Other Writings Thomas Paine · 1776
  3. Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings Thomas Paine · 1776
  4. Rights of Man Thomas Paine · 1791

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches Winston S. Churchill · 1967
  2. The Winona LaDuke Reader Winona LaDuke · 2002
  3. In His Own Words Nelson Mandela · 1980
  4. Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician Anthony Everitt · 2001

Report a problem