Project Gutenberg 1995-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 354 Cicero, Marcus Tullius -106 -43 Cicero's Orations Selected Orations "Cicero's Orations" by Marcus Tullius Cicero is a collection of political speeches written in the late Roman Republic period. The text features Cicero's impassioned oratory tackling the threat posed by the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline) against the Roman state. Cicero seeks to defend the republic and its values while addressing the Senate and the Roman populace about the urgent dangers they face from Catiline and his followers. The opening of this work introduces the gravity of the situation in Rome, where Cicero accuses Catiline of plotting to overthrow the government. He lays bare the conspiracy, highlighting Catiline’s reckless ambitions and the dire consequences of his actions. Cicero's rhetoric is powerful and confrontational, as he invokes the moral and civic responsibility of his audience, imploring them to recognize and respond to the imminent threat. Through a combination of historical context, accusations, and appeals to patriotism, Cicero establishes the stakes involved, positioning himself as a vigilant guardian of the republic in a moment of peril. (This is an automatically generated summary.) la Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin Rome -- History -- 53-44 B.C. -- Sources PA Text Classical Antiquity Browsing: History - General Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 123539 122583 2024-09-01T04:48:12.559092 2023-10-01T04:39:34.275702 text/html text/html 118955 2021-01-01T06:49:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 44590 2021-01-01T06:49:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 94768 2024-09-01T04:48:16.544068 application/epub+zip 95518 2024-09-01T04:48:14.113099 application/epub+zip 95518 2024-09-01T04:48:13.186104 application/epub+zip 199789 2024-09-01T04:48:18.404074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190438 2024-09-01T04:48:15.896065 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190428 2022-09-01T04:55:56.817782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112435 112463 2024-09-01T04:48:12.287095 2023-10-01T04:39:34.036710 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 112288 2021-01-01T06:49:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 43501 2021-01-01T06:49:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18600 2024-09-01T04:48:18.535052 application/rdf+xml 13362 2024-09-01T04:48:13.546089 image/jpeg 3409 2024-09-01T04:48:13.356105 image/jpeg 95263 2024-09-01T04:48:12.571089 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia