Cicero's Ideal Statesman in Theory and Practice

The resurgence of interest in Cicero''s political philosophy in the last twenty years demands a re-evaluation of Cicero''s ideal statesman and its relationship not only to Cicero''s political theory but also to his practical politics.

Jonathan Zarecki proposes three original arguments: firstly, that by the publication of his De Republica in 51 BC Cicero accepted that some sort of return to monarchy...