The writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero constitute one of the most renowned collections of historical and philosophical work in all of

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Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the esta ...

was a

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politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

, lawyer,

orator An orator, or oratist, is a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled. Etymology Recorded in English c. 1374, with a meaning of "one who pleads or argues for a cause", from Anglo-French ''oratour'', Old French ''orateur'' (14th ...

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, philosopher, and

constitutionalist Constitutionalism is "a compound of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law". Political organizations are constitutional ...

who lived during the years of 106–43 BC. He held the positions of

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and

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(chief-magistrate) and played a critical role in the transformation of the

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into the

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. He was extant during the rule of prominent Roman politicians, such as those of

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, ...

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, and

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. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. Cicero is generally held to be one of the most versatile minds of ancient Rome. He introduced the Romans to the chief schools of

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, and also created a Latin philosophical vocabulary; distinguishing himself as a

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, translator, and philosopher. A distinguished orator and successful lawyer, Cicero likely valued his political career as his most important achievement. Today he is appreciated primarily for his humanism and philosophical and political writings. His voluminous correspondence, much of it addressed to his friend Atticus, has been especially influential, introducing the art of refined letter writing to European culture.

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, the 1st-century BC biographer of Atticus, remarked that Cicero's letters to Atticus contained such a wealth of detail "concerning the inclinations of leading men, the faults of the generals, and the revolutions in the government" that their reader had little need for a history of the period. During the chaotic latter half of the first century BC, marked by

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and the dictatorship of

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, Cicero championed a return to the traditional

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government. However, his career as a statesman was marked by inconsistencies and a tendency to shift his position in response to changes in the political climate. His indecision may be attributed to his sensitive and impressionable personality; he was prone to overreaction in the face of political and private change. "Would that he had been able to endure prosperity with greater self-control and adversity with more fortitude!" wrote C. Asinius Pollio, a contemporary Roman statesman and historian. A manuscript containing Cicero's letters to Atticus, Quintus, and

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was rediscovered by

Petrarch Francesco Petrarca (; 20 July 1304 – 18/19 July 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch (), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited ...

in 1345 at the Capitolare library in Verona. This rediscovery is often credited for initiating the 14th-century

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, and for the founding of

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Works

Cicero was declared a "

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" by the early Church, and therefore many of his works were deemed worthy of preservation. Important Church Fathers such as

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and others quoted liberally from his works, e.g. "On the Commonwealth" (''

De Re Publica ''De re publica'' (''On the Commonwealth''; see below) is a dialogue on Roman politics by Cicero, written in six books between 54 and 51 BC. The work does not survive in a complete state, and large parts are missing. The surviving sections deriv ...

'') and "On Laws" ('' De Legibus''), as well as Cicero's (partial) Latin translation of Plato's ''

Timaeus Timaeus (or Timaios) is a Greek name. It may refer to: * ''Timaeus'' (dialogue), a Socratic dialogue by Plato *Timaeus of Locri, 5th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher, appearing in Plato's dialogue *Timaeus (historian) (c. 345 BC-c. 250 BC), Greek ...

'' dialogue. Cicero also articulated an early, abstract conceptualisation of rights, based on ancient law and custom.

Speeches

Of his speeches, eighty-eight were recorded, fifty-two of which survive today. Some of the items below include more than one speech.

Legal speeches

* (81 BC) '' Pro Quinctio'' (''On behalf of Publius Quinctius'') * (80 BC) ''

Pro Roscio Amerino ''Pro Roscio Amerino'' is a defence speech given by Marcus Tullius Cicero on behalf of Sextus Roscius, a Roman citizen from the municipality of Amelia accused of murdering his father. Delivered in 80 BC, it was Cicero's first major public case. ...

'' (''In Defense of Sextus Roscius of Ameria'') * (77 BC) '' Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo'' (''In Defense of

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the Comic actor'') * (70 BC) '' Divinatio in Caecilium'' (''Against Quintus Caecilius in the process for selecting a prosecutor of

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'') * (70 BC) ''

In Verrem "In Verrem" ("Against Verres") is a series of speeches made by Cicero in 70 BC, during the corruption and extortion trial of Gaius Verres, the former governor of Sicily. The speeches, which were concurrent with Cicero's election to the aedileshi ...

'' (''Against

'', or ''The Verrines'') * (71 BC) '' Pro Tullio'' (''On behalf of Tullius'') * (69 BC) '' Pro Fonteio'' (''On behalf of Marcus Fonteius'') * (69 BC) '' Pro Caecina'' (''On behalf of Caecina'') * (66 BC) '' Pro Cluentio'' (''On behalf of Aulus Cluentius'') * (63 BC) '' Pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo'' (''On behalf of Gaius Rabirius on a Charge of Treason'') * (63 BC) '' Pro Murena'' (''In Defense of Lucius Licinius Murena'', in the court for electoral bribery) * (62 BC) '' Pro Sulla'' (''In Defense of

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'') * (62 BC) '' Pro Archia Poeta'' (''In Defense of

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the poet'') * (59 BC) '' Pro Antonio'' (''In Defense of Gaius Antonius'') ost entire, or never written* (59 BC) ''

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'' (''In Defense of Lucius Valerius Flaccus'', in the court for extortion) * (56 BC) ''

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'' (''In Defense of Publius Sestius'') * (56 BC) '' In Vatinium testem'' (''Against the witness

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at the trial of Sestius'') * (56 BC) ''

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'' (''In Defense of

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''): '' English translation'' * (56 BC) '' Pro Balbo'' (''In Defense of Lucius Cornelius Balbus'') * (54 BC) '' Pro Plancio'' (''In Defense of Gnaeus Plancius'') * (54 BC) '' Pro Rabirio Postumo'' (''In Defense of

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'') * (54 BC) '' Pro Scauro'' (''In Defense of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus'') Several of Cicero's speeches are printed, in English translation, in the

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edition ''Murder Trials.'' These speeches are included: * ''In defence of Sextus Roscius of Ameria'' (This is the basis for

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's novel ''

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.'') * ''In defence of Aulus Cluentius Habitus'' *'' In defence of Gaius Rabirius" * ''Note on the speeches in defence of Caelius and Milo'' * ''In defence of King Deiotarus''

Political speeches

;;Early career (before exile) * (66 BC) '' Pro Lege Manilia'' or '' De Imperio Cn. Pompei'' (''in favor of the

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'', or ''on the command of

'') * (64 BC) '' In Toga Candida'' (''Denouncing candidates for the consulship of 63 BC'') * (63 BC) '' De Lege Agraria contra Rullum'' (''Opposing the Agrarian Law proposed by Rullus'') * (63 BC) '' In Catilinam I-IV'' (''

Catiline Orations The Catilinarian Orations (; also simply the ''Catilinarians'') are a set of speeches to the Roman Senate given in 63 BC by Marcus Tullius Cicero, one of the year's consuls, accusing a senator, Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline), of leading a ...

'' or ''Against

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'') * (59 BC) ''

'' (''In Defense of Flaccus'') ;;Mid career (between exile and Caesarian Civil War) * (57 BC) '' Post Reditum in Quirites'' (''To the Citizens after his recall from exile'') * (57 BC) ''

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'' (''To the Senate after his recall from exile'') * (57 BC) '' De Domo Sua'' (''On his House'') * (57 BC) '' De Haruspicum Responsis'' (''On the Responses of the

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'') * (56 BC) '' De Provinciis Consularibus'' (''On the Consular Provinces'') * (55 BC) ''

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'' (''Against Piso'') * (52 BC) ''

Pro Milone The "Pro Tito Annio Milone ad iudicem oratio" (Pro Milone) is a speech made by Marcus Tullius Cicero in 52 BC on behalf of his friend Titus Annius Milo. Milo was accused of murdering his political enemy Publius Clodius Pulcher on the Via Appia. Cic ...

'' (''In Defence of

Titus Annius Milo Titus Annius Milo (died 48 BC) was a Roman political agitator. The son of Gaius Papius Celsus, he was adopted by his maternal grandfather, Titus Annius Luscus. In 52 BC, he was prosecuted for the murder of Publius Clodius Pulcher and exiled from ...

'') ;;Late career * (46 BC) ''

Pro Marcello ''Pro Marcello'' is a speech by Marcus Tullius Cicero. It is Latin for ''On behalf of Marcellus''. Background Marcus Claudius Marcellus was descended from an illustrious Roman family, and had been Consul with Servius Sulpicius Rufus, in which offi ...

'' (''On behalf of Marcellus'') * (46 BC) ''

Pro Ligario Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the esta ...

'' (''On behalf of Ligarius before Caesar'') * (46 BC) '' Pro Rege Deiotaro'' (''On behalf of King

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before Caesar'') * (44 BC) ''

Philippicae The ''Philippics'' ( la, Philippicae, singular Philippica) are a series of 14 speeches composed by Cicero in 44 and 43 BC, condemning Mark Antony. Cicero likened these speeches to those of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon; both Demo ...

'' (''consisting of the 14 philippics, ''Philippica I–XIV'', against '' Marcus Antonius) (The ''Pro Marcello'', ''Pro Ligario'', and ''Pro Rege Deiotaro'' are collectively known as "The Caesarian speeches").

Rhetoric and politics

* (84 BC) ''

De Inventione ''De Inventione'' is a handbook for orators that Cicero composed when he was still a young man. Quintilian tells us that Cicero considered the work rendered obsolete by his later writings. Originally four books in all, only two have survived into ...

'' (''About the composition of arguments'') * (55 BC) '' De Oratore ad Quintum fratrem libri tres'' (''On the Orator, three books for his brother Quintus'') * (54 BC) '' De Partitionibus Oratoriae'' (''About the subdivisions of oratory'') * (52 BC) '' De Optimo Genere Oratorum'' (''About the Best Kind of Orators'') * (51 BC) ''

'' (''On the Republic'', also known as "On the Commonwealth", and referred to as such, above) * (46 BC) ''

'' (''For Brutus, a short history of Roman rhetoric and orators dedicated to Marcus Junius Brutus'') * (46 BC) '' Orator ad M. Brutum'' (''About the Orator, also dedicated to Brutus'') * (44 BC) '' Topica'' (''Topics'') * (?? BC) '' De Legibus'' (''On the Laws'') * (?? BC) '' De Consulatu Suo'' (''On his consulship'' – epic poem about Cicero's own consulship, fragmentary) * (?? BC) '' De temporibus suis'' ''(His Life and Times)'' – epic poem, entirely lost

Philosophy

* (89 BC?) ''Translation of

Aratus Aratus (; grc-gre, Ἄρατος ὁ Σολεύς; c. 315 BC/310 BC240) was a Greek didactic poet. His major extant work is his hexameter poem ''Phenomena'' ( grc-gre, Φαινόμενα, ''Phainómena'', "Appearances"; la, Phaenomena), the ...

' Φαινόμενα (Aratea)'' *(46 BC) '' Paradoxa Stoicorum'' (''Stoic Paradoxes'') * (45 BC) '' Hortensius'' * (45 BC) '' Academica Priora'' – (First edition of the ''Academica'' comprising two books, the ''Catullus'', which is lost, and the extant ''Lucullus'') - a book about

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, the school of philosophy of which Cicero was an adherent. * (45 BC) '' Academica Posteriora'' or ''Academica Liberi'' (Second edition of the ''Academica'' comprising four books, all of which except for part of book 1 has been lost. Also known as the ''Varro'') * (45 BC) ''

Consolatio :''See also the Catharist Consolamentum The ''Consolatio'' or consolatory oration is a type of ceremonial oratory, typically used rhetorically to comfort mourners at funerals. It was one of the most popular classical rhetoric topics,Ernst Robert ...

'' (''Consolation'') (see

) * (45 BC) '' De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum'' (''About the Ends of Goods and Evils'') – a book on ethics * (45 BC) ''

Tusculanae Quaestiones The ''Tusculanae Disputationes'' (also ''Tusculanae Quaestiones''; English: ''Tusculan Disputations'') is a series of five books written by Cicero, around 45 BC, attempting to popularise Greek philosophy in Ancient Rome, including Stoicism. It is s ...

'' (''Questions debated at Tusculum'') *(45 BC) ''Translation of Plato's

'' (sections 27d - 47b) *(? BC) ''Translation of Plato's Protagoras -'' testimonia quoted in Priscian, Jerome, and Donatus * (45 BC) ''

De Natura Deorum ''De Natura Deorum'' (''On the Nature of the Gods'') is a philosophical dialogue by Roman Academic Skeptic philosopher Cicero written in 45 BC. It is laid out in three books that discuss the theological views of the Hellenistic philosophies ...

'' (''On the Nature of the Gods'') * (45 BC) '' De Divinatione'' (''On Divination'') * (45 BC) '' De Fato'' (''On Fate'') * (44 BC) ''

Cato Maior de Senectute ("Cato the Elder on Old Age") is an essay written by Cicero in 44 BC on the subject of aging and death. To lend his reflections greater import, Cicero wrote his essay such that the esteemed Cato the Elder was lecturing to Scipio Africanus and G ...

'' (''Cato the Elder on Old Age'') * (44 BC) ''

Laelius de Amicitia ''Laelius de Amicitia'' (or simply ''De Amicitia'') is a treatise on friendship ('' amicitia'') by the Roman statesman and author Marcus Tullius Cicero, written in 44 BC. Background The work is written as a dialogue between prominent figures of t ...

'' (''Laelius on Friendship'') * (44 BC) '' De Officiis'' (''On Duties'')

Letters

Cicero's letters to and from various public and private figures are considered some of the most reliable sources of information for the people and events surrounding the fall of the Roman Republic. While 37 books of his letters have survived into modern times, 35 more books were known to antiquity that have since been lost. These included letters to Caesar, to Pompey, to Octavian, and to his son Marcus. *''

Epistulae ad Atticum ''Epistulae ad Atticum'' (Latin for "Letters to Atticus") is a collection of letters from Roman politician and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero to his close friend Titus Pomponius Atticus. The letters in this collection, together with Cicero's ot ...

'' (''Letters to Atticus''; 68–43 BC) *'' Epistulae ad Brutum'' (''Letters to Brutus''; 43 BC) *''

Epistulae ad Familiares ''Epistulae ad Familiares'' (''Letters to Friends'') is a collection of letters between Roman politician and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero and various public and private figures. The letters in this collection, together with Cicero's other letter ...

'' (''Letters to friends''; 62–43 BC) *'' Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem'' (''Letters to his brother Quintus''; 60/59–54 BC)

Spurious works

Several works extant through having been included in influential collections of Ciceronian texts exhibit such divergent views and styles that they have long been agreed by experts not to be authentic works of Cicero. They are also never mentioned by Cicero himself, nor any of the ancient critics or grammarians who commonly refer to and quote passages from Cicero's authentic works. * (late 80s BC) ''

Rhetorica ad Herennium The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' (''Rhetoric for Herennius''), formerly attributed to Cicero or Cornificius, but in fact of unknown authorship, sometimes ascribed to an unnamed doctor, is the oldest surviving Latin book on rhetoric, dating from the ...

'' (authored by a pro-Marian orator of the mid to late 80s BC sympathetic to the tribune

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; perhaps Publius Canutius) * (60s BC) '' Commentariolum Petitionis'' (''Note-book for winning elections'')M. Tullius Cicero, Letters (ed. Evelyn Shuckburgh)
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Notes

References

Selected critical editions and translations

Philippics

2003. Ramsay, J. Cicero: Philippics I-II. Cambridge University Press. 2012. Manuwald, G. Cicero, "Philippics" 3-9: Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary. Volume 1: Introduction, Text and Translation, References and Indexes. Volume 2: Commentary. De Guyter.

Pro Sestio

2006. Kaster, R.A. Cicero: Speech on Behalf of Publius Sestius. Oxford University Press.

Selected Orations

1993. Gotoff. H. Cicero's Caesarian Speeches: A Stylistic Commentary. University of North Carolina Press.2009. Zetzel. J. Marcus Tullius Cicero: Ten Speeches. Hackett Publishing. 2001. Siani-Davies. M. Cicero's Speech Pro Rabirio Postumo. Clarendon Press. 2011. Gildenhard. I. Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.53-86: Latin Text with Introduction, Study Questions, Commentary and English Translation. Open Book Publishers.

De Re Publica

1928. ''De Re Publica, De Legibus''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Loeb Classical Library. Latin text and English translation by Clinton Walker Keyes. 1980. Bréguet, E. ''La République''. Paris: Belles Lettres. Collection des universités de France. (2 volumes). 1984. Büchner, K. ''De Re Publica''. Heidelberg: Winter. Wissenschaftliche Kommentare zu griechischen und lateinischen Schriftstellern. 1995. Zetzel, J. ''De Re Publica. Selections''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Edited with Introduction and Commentary. 2006. Powell. J.G.F. ''De Re Publica, De Legibus, Cato Maior De Senectute, Laelius De Amicitia''. New York: Oxford University Press. 2008. Powell J. and N. Rudd.''The Republic, the Laws''. New York: Oxford University Press. Oxford World's Classics. 2010. Nickel. R. ''Der Staat = De Re Publica''. Düsseldorf: Artemis & Winkler. Lateinisch-Deutsch.

De legibus

1928. Keyes. C.W. ''De Re Publica, De Legibus''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Loeb Classical Library. 1959. Plinval. G de.''Traité Des Lois''. Paris Belles Lettres. Collection des universités de France. 1972. Kenter, L. P. ''De Legibus. A Commentary on Book I''. Amsterdam: Hakkert. By L. P. Kenter. Translation from the Dutch by Margie L. Leenheer-Braid. 1983. Giraret, K. M. ''Die Ordnung Der Welt. Ein Beitrag Zur Philosophischen Und Politischen Interpretation Von Ciceros Schrift De Legibus''. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner. 1994. Nickel, R. ''De Legibus = Über Die Gesetze; Paradoxa Stoicorum = Stoische Paradoxien''. Zürich: Artemis & Winkler. Lateinisch-Deutsch. Herausgegeben. 1999. Zetzel, J. ''On the Commonwealth; on the Laws''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2004. Dyck, A. ''A Commentary on Cicero, De Legibus''. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2007. Sauer, J. ''Argumentations- Und Darstellungsformen Im Ersten Buch Von Ciceros Schrift De Legibus''. Heidelberg: Winter. 2010. Caspar, T. W. ''Recovering the Ancient View of Founding. A Commentary on Cicero's De Legibus''. Lanham: Lexington Books.

Paradoxa Stoicorum

1971. Molager, J. ''Les Paradoxes Des Stoïciens''. Paris: Belles Lettres. Collection des universités de France. 1991. Ronnick, M. V. ''Paradoxa Stoicorum. A Commentary, an Interpretation, and a Study of Its Influence''. Bern: Peter Lang. 1994. Nickel, R. ''De Legibus = Über Die Gesetze; Paradoxa Stoicorum = Stoische Paradoxien''. Zürich: Artemis & Winkler. Lateinisch-Deutsch. Herausgegeben.

Hortensius

1958. Ruch, M. ''L' Hortensius''. Paris: Belles Lettres. Collection d'études anciennes. 1962. Grilli, A. ''Hortensius''. Milano: Istituto editoriale Cisalpino. 1976. Staume-Zimmermann, L. ''Hortensius''. Bern: Peter Lang. Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XV, Klassische Philologie und Literatur.

De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum

1914. Rackham, H. ''De Finibus Bonorum Et Malorum''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Loeb Classical Library. Latin text and English translation revised in 1951. 1928. Levy, C. and J. Martha. ''Des Termes Extrêmes Des Biens Et Des Maux''. Paris: Belles Lettres. 1988. Gigon O. and L. Straume-Zimmermann. ''Über Die Ziele Des Menschlichen Handelns = De Finibus Bonorum Et Malorum''. München: Artemis. 1991. Wright, M.R. ''On Stoic Good and Evil: De Finibus Bonorum Et Malorum, Liber Iii; and Paradoxa Stoicorum''. Warminster: Aris & Phillips. 1998. Reynolds, L.D. ''De Finibus Bonorum Et Malorum: Libri Quinque''. New York: Clarendon Press. 2001. Annas, J. and R. Woolf. ''On Moral Ends''. Cambridge: Cambridger University Press. 2005. Moreschini, C. ''De Finibus Bonorum Et Malorum''. Munich: Teubner.

Tusculanae Disputationes

1927. King, J.E. ''Tusculanae Disputationes''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Loeb Classical Library. 1930. Fohlen, G. and J. Humbert. ''Tusculanes''. Paris: Belles Lettres. Collection des universités de France. Tome I: Livres I et II (1930); Tome II. Livre III-V (1931). 1952. Büchner, K. ''Gespräche in Tusculum''. Zürich: Artemis. 1985. Douglas, A.E. ''Tusculan Disputations''. Atlantic Highlands: Humanities Press. 1998. Gigon, O. ''Gespräche in Tusculum = Tusculanae Disputationes''. München: Artemis und Winkler. 2002. Graver, M. ''Cicero on the Emotions. Tusculan Disputations 3 and 4''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2006. Koch, B. ''Philosophie Als Medizin Für Die Seele. Untersuchungen Zu Ciceros Tusculanae Disputationes''. Stuttgart: Steiner. 2007. Gildenhard, I. ''Paideia Romana. Cicero's Tusculan Disputations''. Cambridge: Cambridge Philological Society. 2008. Eckhard, L. ''Philosophie Unter Der Tyrannis. Ciceros Tusculanae Disputationes''. Heidelberg: Winter.

Academica

1970. Ruch, M. ''Academica Posteriora. Liber Primus''. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. Érasme. 1988. Hunt, T. J. ''A Textual History of Cicero's Academici Libri''. Leiden: Brill. 1995. Schäublin, C. ''Akademische Abhandlungen. Lucullus''. Hamburg: F. Meiner. Einleitung von Andreas Graeser und Christoph Schäublin. Anmerkungen von Andreas Bächli und Andreas Graeser. 1998. Haltenhoff, A. ''Kritik Der Akademischen Skepsis. Ein Kommentar Zu Cicero, Lucullus 1-62''. Bern: Peter Lang. 2006. Brittain, C. ''On Academic Scepticism''. Indianapolis: Hackett.

Translation of Plato's ''Timaeus''

1908. Plasberg, O. ''M. Tulii Ciceronis Paradoxa stoicorum, Academicorum, Reliquiae cum Lucullo, Timaeus, ND, De divinatione, De fato''. Leipzig. (Online publication of the 1908 text, 2011). 1975. Giomini, R. (ed.) ''De Divinatione, De Fato, Timaeus''. Teubner. Leipzig.

De Natura Deorum

1933. Rackham, H. ''De Natura Deorum; Academica''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Loeb Classical Library. 1955. Pease, A.S. ''De Natura Deorum''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Two volumes: 1 (1955), 2 (1958). Reprint: New York, Arno Press, 1979. 1986. van den Bruwaene, M. ''De Natura Deorum'': Tables. ''Latomus'' no. 192:1–173. 1996. Gigon O. und L. Straume-Zimmermann ''Vom Wesen Der Götter: Lateinisch-Deutsch''. Zürich: Artemis und Winkler. 1997. Walsh, P.G. ''The Nature of the Gods''. New York: Oxford University Press. 2002. Auvray-Assayas, C. ''La Nature Des Dieux''. Paris: Belles Lettres. 2003. Dyck, A. ''De Natura Deorum. Liber I''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

De Divinatione

1920. Pease, A.S. ''De Divinatione; Liber Primvs-Secvndvs''. Urbana: University of Illinois.Two volumes: 1 (1920); 2 (1923). Reprint: New York, Arno Press, 1979. 1923. Falconer, W.A. ''De Senectute; De Amicitia; De Divinatione''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Loeb Classical Library. 1991. Schäublin, C. ''Über Die Wahrsagung = De Divinatione : Lateinisch-Deutsch''. München: Artemis und Winkler. 1992. Freyburger, G. and J. Scheid. ''De La Divination''. Paris: Belles Lettres. 2004. Kany-Turpin, J. ''De La Divination = De Divinatione''. Paris: Flammarion. 2006. De François, G. ''Le De Diuinatione De Cicéron Et Les Théories Antiques De La Divination''. Bruxelles: Éditions Latomus. 2006. Wardle, D. ''Cicero on Divination. De Divinatione, Book 1''. New York: Oxford University Press.

De Fato

1933. Yon, A. ''Traité Du Destin''. Paris: Belles Lettres. Collection des universités de France. 1963. Bayer, K. ''De Fato. Über Das Fatum. Lateinisch-Deutsch''. München: Heimeran-Verlag. 1991. Sharples, R.W. ''On Fate (De Fato) / Cicero. & the Consolation of Philosophy (Philosophiae Consolationis) : Iv.5-7, V / Boethius''. Warminster: Aris and Phillips. 2008. Schallenberg, M. ''Freiheit Und Determinismus. Ein Philosophischer Kommentar Zu Ciceros Schrift De Fato''. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.

De Senectute and De Amicitia (Laelius)

1876. Müller, C.F.W. and M. Seyffert. ''Laelius; De Amicita Dialogus''. Hildesheim: Georg Olms 1965. Reprografischer Nachdruck der Ausgabe Leipzig, 1876. 1923. Falconer, W.A. ''De Senectute; De Amicitia; De Divinatione''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Loeb Classical Library. 1967. Steinmetz, F-A. ''Die Freundschaftslehre Des Panaitos. Nach Einer Analyse Von Ciceros Laelius De Amicitia''. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner. 1972. Ruch, M. ''De Senectute''. Paris: Bordas. 1988. Powell, J.G.F. ''Cato Maior De Senectute''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1989. Wuilleumier, P. ''Caton L'ancien (De La Vieillesse)''. Paris: Belles Lettres. Collection des universités de France. 1990. Powell, J.G.F. ''On Friendship and the Dream of Scipio''. Warminster: Arts and Phillips. 1998. Merklin, H. ''Cato Maior De Senectute = Cato Der Ältere Über Das Alter. Lateinisch-Deutsch''. Stuttgart: Reclam.

De Officiis

1913. Miller, W. ''De Officiis''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Loeb Classical Library. 1965. Testard, M. ''Les Devoirs''. Paris: Belles Lettres. Collection des universités de France. 2 volumes: 1 (1965); 2 (1970). 1967. Higginbotham, J. ''On Moral Obligation''. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1991. Griffin, M.T. and Atkins, M. ''On Duties''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1994. Winterbottom, M. ''De Officiis''. New York: Oxford University Press. 1995. Kinapenne, C. ''De Officiis. Index Verborum, Listes De Fréquence, Relevés Grammaticaux''. Liège. 1996. Dyck, A. R. ''A Commentary on Cicero, De Officiis''. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan. 2001. Walsh, P.G. ''On Obligations''. New York: Oxford University Press. 2008. Nickel, R. ''De Officiis = Vom Pflichtgemässen Handel. Lateinisch-Deutsch''. Düsseldorf: Artemis und Winkler. 2016. Newton, B. P. ''Marcus Tullius Cicero: On Duties (Agora Editions)''. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

De Inventione

1949. Hubbell, H.M. ''De Inventione; De Optimo Genere Oratorum; Topica''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Loeb Classical Library. 1994. Achard, G. ''De L'invention''. Paris: Belles Lettres. Collection des universités de France. 1998. Nüsslein, T. ''De Inventione = Über Die Auffindung Des Stoffes ; De Optimo Genere Oratorum = Über Die Beste Gattung Von Rednern''. Düsseldorf: Artemis und Winkler.

De Oratore

1902. Wilkins, A.S. ''Rhetorica, Tomus I: Libros De Oratore Tres Continens''. New York: Oxford University Press. 1948. Rackham. H. and E.W. Sutton. ''De Oratore nd De Fato; Paradoxa Stoicorum; De Partitione Oratoria'. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Loeb Classical Library. Contents: I. ''De Oratore'', Books 1–2. II. ''De Oratore'', Book 3. ''De Fato, Paradoxa Stoicorum, De Partitione Oratoria.'' 1985. Leeman, D. H. Pinkster, et al. ''De Oratore Libri Iii. Kommentar''. Heidelberg: Winter. Wissenschaftliche Kommentare zu griechischen und lateinischen Schriftstellern. Band 1: Buch I, 1-65 (A. D. Leeman, H. Pinkster, Hein L. Nelson, Edwin Rabbie, 1993); Band 2: Buch I, 166–265, Buch II, 1-98 (A. D. Leeman, H. Pinkster, Hein L. Nelson, Edwin Rabbie, 1985); Band 3: Buch II, 99-290 (A. D. Leeman, H. Pinkster, Hein L. Nelson, Edwin Rabbie, 1989); Band 4: Buch II, 291-367 /Buch III, 1-95 (A. D. Leeman, H. Pinkster, J. Wisse, H. L. Nelson, E. Rabbie, 1996). 2001. May, J.M. and J. Wisse. ''Cicero on the Ideal Orator (De Oratore)''. New York: Oxford University Press. 2007. Nüsslein, T. ''De Oratore = Über Den Redner''. Düsseldorf: Artemis & Winkler. Lateinisch-Deutsch. 2008. Yon, A. ''L'orateur. Du Meilleur Genre D'orateurs''. Paris: Belles Lettres. Collection des universités de France.

Brutus

1885. Sandys, J.E. ''Ad M. Brutum Orator''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Reprint: New York, Arno Press, 1979. 1903. Wilkins, A.S. ''Rhetorica, Tomus II: Brvtvs; Orator; De Optimo Genere Oratorvm; Partitiones Oratoriae; Topica''. New York: Oxford University Press. 1907. ''Ad M. Brutum Orator''. Lipsia: G. Teubner. Bibliotheca Scriptorvm Graecorvm Et Romanorvm Tevbneriana. Recognovit Wilhelm Friedrich. 1962. Hendrickson, G.L. and H.M. Hubbell. ''Brutus; Orator''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Loeb Classical Library. 1981. Barwick, K. ''Brutus''. Freiburg: Ploetz. Lateinisch-Deutsch.

Orator, Partitiones Oratoriae

1903. ''Rhetorica, Tomus II: Brvtvs; Orator; De Optimo Genere Oratorvm; Partitiones Oratoriae; Topica''. New York: Oxford University Press. Scriptorum classicorum bibliotheca Oxoniensis. Recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instrvxit August Samuel Wilkins.

Topica

1924. Bornecque, H. ''Divisions De L'art Oratoire, Topiques''. Paris: Belles Lettres. 1983. Zekl, H. G. ''Topik. Lateinisch-Deutsch''. Hamburg: F. Meiner. 2003. Reihnardt, T. ''Topica''. New York: Oxford University Press.

Epistulae

1987. Shackleton-Bailey, D.R. ''Epistulae ad Atticum.'' Vol.I: Libri I–VIII (BT 1208, 1987); Vol.II: Libri IX–XVI (BT 1209, 1987) 1988. Shackleton-Bailey, D.R. ''Epistulae ad Familiares libri I–XVI'' (BT 1210, 1988) 1988. Shackleton-Bailey, D.R. ''Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem. Epistulae ad M. Brutum. Commentariolum petitionis. Fragmenta epistolarum'' (BT 1211, 1988)

Fragmentary works

1963. Cooper, C.G. Latin extracts of Cicero on Himself. University of Queensland Press. 1984. Crawford, Jane W. ''M. Tullius Cicero: The Lost and Unpublished Orations'' (Hypomnemata Untersuchungen zur Antike und zu Ihrem Nachleben, Heft 80, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1984) 1984. Garbarino, G. ''Fragmenta Ex Libris Philosophicis, Ex Aliis Libris Deperditis, Ex Scriptis Incertis''. Milano: Mondadori. 1994. Crawford, Jane W. ''M. Tullius Cicero: The Fragmentary Speeches, an Edition with Commentary'', 2nd edition (American Philological Association, American Classical Studies no. 37, Scholars Press, Atlanta, 1994) Penguin Classics English translations * Cicero ** ''Selected Political Speeches'' (Penguin Books, 1969) ** ''Selected Works: Against Verres I, Twenty-three letters, The Second Philippic against Antony, On Duties III, On Old Age'', by Michael Grant (Penguin Books, 1960) ** ''On Government: Against Verres II 5, For Murena, For Balbus, On the State III, V, VI, On Laws III, The Brutus, The Philippics IV, V, X'', by Michael Grant (Penguin Books, 1993) *

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Secondary literature

* Atkins, Jed William (2010). "Rights in Cicero's Political Philosophy". ''American Political Science Association 2010 Annual Meeting''. *Bishop, C. (2018) ''Cicero, Greek Learning, and the Making of a Roman Classic''. Oxford. *Ciaceri, E, (1941), ''Cicerone e i suoi tempi'', volume 2, Milan-Genoa. *Cowell, F.R. (1973) Cicero and the Roman Republic, Penguin Books, Great Britain. * Everitt, Anthony (2001) ''Cicero: the life and times of Rome's greatest politician.''

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. *Frier, B.W (1985) ''The Rise of the Roman Jurists: Studies in Cicero's'' ''Pro Caecina.'' Princeton University Press. *Gotoff, H.C. (1993) ''Cicero's Caesarian Speeches: A Stylistic Commentary.'' University of North Carolina Press. *Gruen, E.S. (1974) ''The last Generation of the Roman Republic.'' University of California Press. * Haskell, H.J. (1946) ''This was Cicero.'' Fawcett publications, Inc. Greenwich, Conn. *Kinsey, T. E. (1980) "Cicero's case against Magnus, Capito and Chrysogonus in the ''pro Sex. Roscio Amerino'' and its use for the historian", ''L'Ant.Classique'' 49: 173–190. *Manuwald, G. (2004) "Performance and Rhetoric in Cicero's ''Philippics''", ''Antichthon'' 38: 51–69. *March, D. A. (1989) "Cicero and the 'Gang of Five'", ''Classical World'' 82: 225–234 *Powell, J.G.F. (ed.) (1995) ''Cicero the Philosopher''. Oxford University Press. * Rawson, Elizabeth (1975) ''Cicero, A portrait.'' Allen Lane, Penguin Books. * Shackleton-Bailey, D R (1992) ''Onomasticon to Cicero's Speeches'', 2nd edition. Teubner, Stuttgart-Leipzig. *Smith, R E (1966) ''Cicero the Statesman.'' Cambridge University Press. * Strachan-Davidson, J. L., (1936) Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic, University of Oxford Press, London. *Taylor, H: (1918) ''Cicero: A sketch of his life and works.'' A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago.

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