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The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore

Elaine Fantham

Print publication date: 2004

Print ISBN-13: 9780199263158

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2010

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199263158.001.0001

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Cicero at 50

Cicero at 50

Chapter:
(p.1) 1 Cicero at 50
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The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore
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Elaine Fantham

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199263158.003.0001

This chapter begins with a brief discussion of Cicero's political career. It discusses the frustration of Cicero's policy and his decision to turn to writing. The chapter then considers Cicero's own critical judgements of De Oratore.

Keywords:   Cicero, rhetoric, senatorial government, De Oratore

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