Cicero
A Very Short Introduction
$22.49
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
5 March 2026
Summary
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) was one of the most influential figures in late republican Rome, a moment of great social, political, and cultural unrest that would lead to the transition from republic to empire. Cicero was a statesman who held the highest political office, the consulship, and then suffered politically motivated exile. His career was grounded in his continued success as an orator: his speeches were famous duri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192885807 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0192885804 |
| Author: | Yelena Baraz |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 5 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 133g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 112mm x 175mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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Critics Review
Faced with the apparently impossible task of Cicero in 100 or so (small) pages, she has pulled off a tour-de-force of compression and insight. * Catherine Steel, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Yelena Baraz
Yelena Baraz is Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Princeton University and the Director of the Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. She is author of Reading Roman Pride and Calpurnius Siculus and the Transformation of Pastoral.
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