On Government
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
On Government
By (Author) Cicero
Introduction by Michael Grant
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
23rd February 2006
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Political science and theory
320.01
Physical Properties
Paperback
432
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 24mm
315g
Description
'Cicero is by far Rome's most enlightening political thinker, and perhaps its greatest.' - Michael Grant in the introduction These pioneering writings on the mechanics, tactics, and strategies of government were devised by the Roman Republic's most enlightened thinker.
Author Bio
An accomplished poet, philosopher, rhetorician, and humorist, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC- 43 BC) was also the greatest forensic orator Rome ever produced. To Cicero, service to the res publica (literally, "the public affair") was a Roman citizen's highest duty. At age 26 (in 80 BC), he successfully defended a man prosecuted unjustly by a crony of the bloodthirsty dictator Sulla. In 69 BC, he brought to order the corrupt Sicilian governor Verres. As consul in 63 BC, he put down the Catilinarian conspiracy; later, he was sent into exile for refusing to join the First Triumvirate. Late in life, he led the Senate's gallant but unsuccessful battle against Antony, for which he paid with his life on 7 December 43 BC.
