The Hand of Cicero

Hundreds perished in Rome's Second Proscription, but one victim is remembered above all others. Charting a course through Cicero's celebrated career, Shane Butler examines the relationship between speech and writing in Roman oratory.

Authored by Butler, Shane

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Young Cicero, Reading; Chapter 2 Cicero Takes a Bath; Chapter 3 Multitudo Litterarum; Chapter 4 The Trial of Verres; Chapter 5 Litterae Manent; Chapter 6 December 3, 63 BCE; Chapter 7 The Young Cicero, Reading;