Cicero : a portrait

"Drawing on a full range of Cicero's speeches, essays and correspondence, as well as on the most recent research, Rawson's highly regarded biography of Cicero - his politics and philosophy - makes fascinating reading for historians, classicists, and anyone interested in Roman history."--Bloomsbury Publishing Drawing on a full range of Cicero's speeches, essays and correspondence, as well as on the most recent research, Rawson's highly regarded biography of Cicero - his politics and philosophy - makes fascinating reading for historians, classicists, and anyone interested in Roman history. Contents......Page 4 Introduction......Page 5 1. Arpinum and Rome 106-90 BC......Page 9 2. At the foot of the ladder 90-77 BC......Page 20 3. Political apprenticenship 76-70 BC......Page 37 4. The bid for the consulship 69-64 BC......Page 52 5. The father of his country 63 BC......Page 68 6. Pompey's return to Rome 62-60 BC......Page 97 7. From opposition to exile 59-57 BC......Page 114 8. Return and recantation 57-52 BC......Page 130 9. Cicero on the Republic 56-52 BC......Page 154 10. The governor of Cilicia 51-50 BC......Page 172 11. Uncertainties of Civil war 49-48 BC......Page 191 12. Private and political griefs 48-45 BC......Page 211 13. The consolation of philosophy 45-44 BC......Page 238 14. Caesar's last months 45-44 BC......Page 256 15. The attack on Antony 44 BC......Page 268 16. Victory and disaster 43 BC......Page 286 17. The one sure immortality......Page 307 References......Page 317 Bibliography......Page 329 The Rpman political system......Page 331 Roman nomenclature......Page 334 Descriptive index of persons......Page 335 Geographical index......Page 347 Elizabeth Rawson. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 321-322.