Cicero Philippic II: A Selection

This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Cicero''s Philippic IIsections 4450 ( viri tui similis esses) and 78 (C. Caesari ex Hispania redeunti)92 and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of sections 100119 giving full Latin text commentary and vocabulary with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed text to be read in English for A Level.It is 44 BC. Following Caesar''s assassination his supporters are looking for a new leader. Caesar''s deputy Antony and the 18-year-old Octavian the future Augustus are vying with each other to fill the role; each seems more concerned with personal power than the good of Rome. Cicero returns to the city to try to save it with the one weapon at his disposal: his oratory.In this speech the longest of the Philippics (so-called after a series of speeches made against Philip of Macedon) Cicero starts by defending his own career and then the part we read - demolishes Antony''s. A masterpiece of invective it ensures Antony''s bitter hostility and Cicero''s eventual elimination.Resources are available on the Companion Website www.bloomsbury.com/ocr-editions-2019-2021