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Cicero: Philippics I-IIThis impeccable edition still stands the test of time for students at school and university who wish to approach Cicero's major speeches against Mark Antony after the assassination of Julius Caesar. Denniston's commentary gives assistance with grammatical matters but concentrates on presenting plainly, yet fully, the evidence bearing on problems of the historical background and features of Roman life and institutions to which the text alludes. There

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Volumes VI–VII comprise later philosophical systems and their aftermath in the fifth and early fourth centuries

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Cicero offers a Stoic view of belief

The content therefore makes this an ideal book for students to tackle as they make their first approach to Caesar's prose

This new edition of Book 1 has been revised throughout based on teacher feedback

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While the ideal home enshrined Roman virtues and could make a career

he paints a grim picture of the moral perils to which anger exposes us

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