Cicero Philippic II: A Selection

This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Cicero''s Philippic II sections 44-50 (. viri tui similis esses ) and 78 ( C. Caesari ex Hispania redeunti .)-92, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of sections 100-119, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed text to be read in English for A Level.It is 44 BC. Following Caesar''s assassination, his supporters are looking for a new leader. Caesar''s deputy, Antony, and the 18-year-old Octavian, the future Augustus, are vying with each other to fill the role; each seems more concerned with personal power than the good of Rome. Cicero returns to the city to try to save it with the one weapon at his disposal: his oratory.In this speech, the longest of the Philippics (so-called after a series of speeches made against Philip of Macedon), Cicero starts by defending his own career and then - the part we read - demolishes Antony''s. A masterpiece of invective, it ensures Antony''s bitter hostility and Cicero''s eventual elimination.Resources are available on the Companion Website www.bloomsbury.com/ocr-editions-2019-2021

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• Authors: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Christopher Tanfield, Christopher (Classics Teacher Tanfield
• Assisted by: Christopher Tanfield (Editor), Christopher (Classics Teacher Tanfield (Editor), Tanfield Christopher (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781350010239
• ISBN: 978-1-350-01023-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Latin, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Designed / suitable for A and AS Level (England and Wales), Designed / suitable for A & AS Level, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, For advanced / upper secondary education