THE FOURTH PHILIPPIC

Cicero in the Fourth Philippic

Cicero in the Fourth Philippic

Introduction

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman politician, lawyer, writer and philosopher, the most famous orators of Rome and office of consul in 63 BC. Measured by the influence upon the thinking, writing, and speaking of subsequent centuries, Cicero was clearly the most influential figure of the late Roman Republic. Sometimes simply called “Tully” in the later literature of the West, he was among the most powerful and learned men in his own time. His range of achievements was truly remarkable. Decisions made by him in the politically tumultuous circumstances of his ...