Cicero's Political Personae

Cicero''s speeches provide a fascinating window into the political battles and crises of his time. In this book, Joanna Kenty examines Cicero''s persuasive strategies and the subtleties of his Latin prose, and shows how he used eight political personae – the attacker, the grateful friend, the martyr, the senator, the partisan ideologue, and others – to maximize his political leverage in the latter...