{"product_id":"in-defence-of-the-republic-by-cicero-9780140455533","title":"In Defence of the Republic","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new collection of some of Cicero's greatest and most stirring speeches, translated by Siobhan McElduff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCicero (106-43BC) was the most brilliant orator in Classical history. Even one of the men who authorised his assassination, the Emperor Octavian, admitted to his grandson that Cicero was—'an eloquent man, my boy, eloquent and a lover of his country'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new selection of speeches illustrates Cicero's fierce loyalty to the Roman Republic, giving an overview of his oratory from early victories in the law courts to the height of his political career in the Senate. We see him sway the opinions of the mob and the most powerful men in Rome, in favour of Pompey the Great and against the conspirator Catiline, while \u003cem\u003eThe Philippics\u003c\/em\u003e, considered his finest achievements, contain the thrilling invective delivered against his rival, Mark Antony, which eventually led to Cicero's death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833194008812,"sku":"9780140455533","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27443103482237.jpg?v=1758444619","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/in-defence-of-the-republic-by-cicero-9780140455533","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}