Cicero Philippic II A Selection by Christopher Tanfield
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product Description
This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and ALevel Group 1 prescription of Ciceros Philippic II sections 4450 ... viri tui similis esses and 78 C. Caesari ex Hispania redeunti...92 and the ALevel Group 2 prescription of sections 100119 giving full Latin text commentary and vocabulary with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed text to be read in English for A Level. It is 44 BC. Following Caesars assassination his supporters are looking for a new leader. Caesars deputy Antony and the 18yearold Octavian the future Augustus are vying with each other to fill the role each seems more concerned with personal power than the good of Rome. Cicero returns to the city to try to save it with the one weapon at his disposal his oratory. In this speech the longest of the Philippics socalled after a series of speeches made against Philip of Macedon Cicero starts by defending his own career and then the part we read demolishes Antonys. A masterpiece of invective it ensures Antonys bitter hostility and Ciceros eventual elimination. Resources are available on the Companion Website ocreditions20192021show more
Condition : New
Author : Christopher Tanfield
Weight : 302
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language : English Latin
EAN : 9781350010239
ISBN10 : 1350010235
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20180419
Place of Publication : United Kingdom
Pagination : 192 Pages 2 Bw Illus
Dimensions : 139 X 214 X 10