Murder trials
Cicero · 1986
Where to buy
Check today’s price on Amazon. We do not show prices because they change daily.
View on AmazonAffiliate link. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
About the book
"Cicero was still in his twenties when he got Sextus Roscius off a charge of murdering his father and nearly sixty when he defended King Deiotarus, accused of trying to murder Caesar. In between (with, among others, his speeches for Cluentius and Rabirius), he built a reputation as the greatest orator of his time. Cicero defended his practice partly on moral or compassionate grounds of 'human decency' -- sentiments with which we today would agree. His clients generally went free. And in vindicating men -- who sometimes did not deserve it -- he left us a mass of detail about Roman life, law and history and, in two of the speeches, graphic pictures of the 'gun-law' of small provincial towns." -- Provided by publisher
Book details
- Year
- 1986
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Dorset Press
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN
- 9780880290753
Data source: Wikidata
More by Cicero
