Day by day it becomes more difficult for calm minds to speak rationally of U.S. politics. Our state was described best 2,061 years ago by Marcus Tullius Cicero, in his Second Philippic, when he asked ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In sections 34-35 of the First Philippic, Cicero makes a powerful threat against Antony by engaging in allusive role-play that makes dual use ...

It is the year LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly returned to the Consulship. BCE stands for Big, Crazy ...

Included was Marcus Tullius Cicero, one of the more incisive intellects to grace the human stage. He was singled out by Mark Antony for his condemnations of Antony in the Roman Senate (in a series of ...

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