Penguin Classics Murder Trials [Paperback]

Cicero (Author), Michael Grant (Foreword, Editor)

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Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classic; Reissue edition (Sep 27 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 014044288X
ISBN-13: 978-0140442885
Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 181 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #352,459 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #76 in Books > Law > Academic Materials > Legal Profession
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Cicero's speeches "In Defence of Sextus Roscius of Amerina," "In Defence of Aulus Cluentius Habitus," "In Defence of Gaius Rabirius," "Note on the Speeches in Defence of Caelius and Milo," and "In Defence of King Deiotarus" provide insight into Roman life, law, and history.

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An accomplished poet, philosopher, rhetorician, and humorist, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) was also the greatest forensic orator Rome ever produced. But to Cicero, service to the res publica (literally, "the public affair") was a Roman citizen's highest duty. At age 26 (in 80 BC), he successfully defended a man prosecuted unjustly by a crony of the bloodthirsty dictator Sulla. In 69 BC, he brought to order the corrupt Sicilian governor Verres. As consul in 63 BC, he put down the Catilinarian conspiracy; later, he was sent into exile for refusing to join the First Triumvirate. Late in life, he led the Senate's gallant but unsuccessful battle against Antony, for which he paid with his life on 7 December 43 BC.

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SEXTUS ROSCIUS THE ELDER was a well-known and prosperous citizen of the hill-town of Ameria in southern Umbria, fifty miles north of Rome. Read the first page

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4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely worth reading, Nov 8 2009

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This review is from: Penguin Classics Murder Trials (Paperback)

What makes Cicero's courtroom strategies so impressive is the fact that he never bothers to dispute the evidence against his clients. In both the defenses of Roscius and Cluentius, he doesn't even use a single witness. He doesn't offer contradictory evidence or waste much time with alibis. Instead, he focuses his entire arguments on the most critical part of the case - motive. In both trials he successfully creates such compelling versions of the events that all remaining details became irrelevant to a jury who believes there was no motive. His speeches are fantastic illustrations of a whole swath of Robert Greene's strategies in The 33 Strategies of War: Control the Dynamic, Weave a Seamless Blend of Fact and Fiction, Take the Line of Least Expectation and so on. Cicero's work is filled with so many applicable examples and fables and syllogisms and his name still carries such weight that I really leave each of his books with a ton of material I use for other things. This is one of those books. You should read it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The real deal, Nov 9 2006

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I purchased this in order to follow Cicero's career as it has been documented in somewhat recent fiction. It is always a very good idea to go to original sources and in this case the idea holds true. Since I don't read or understand Latin I was, of course, at the mercy of the translator, but the works seemed quite alive and will help someone who wants to see if the current fiction works about Cicero are accurate (see Robert Harris, for one). I'm sure my Roman History teacher re-reads these frequently.

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