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Cicero the Advocate
Paterson Powell
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Description for Cicero the Advocate
Paperback. Cicero's courtroom speeches are the most significant examples we have of the art of the ancient Roman advocate. This collection of essays aims to set them in the context of the Roman legal system and of ancient techniques of persuasion, and to compare their methods with those available to modern advocates. Editor(s): Powell, Jonathan; Paterson, Jeremy. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
A collection of contributions by prominent Ciceronian scholars on Cicero's forensic speeches as examples of advocacy designed to secure a verdict, setting the speeches in the context of the Roman court system and of ancient rhetoric, discussing the nature of advocacy ancient and modern, analysing Cicero's various techniques of persuasion, and examining a number of speeches in detail as case studies.
A collection of contributions by prominent Ciceronian scholars on Cicero's forensic speeches as examples of advocacy designed to secure a verdict, setting the speeches in the context of the Roman court system and of ancient rhetoric, discussing the nature of advocacy ancient and modern, analysing Cicero's various techniques of persuasion, and examining a number of speeches in detail as case studies.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199298297
SKU
V9780199298297
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About Paterson Powell
Jonathan Powell is Professor of Latin, Royal Holloway, University of London. Jeremy Paterson is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Reviews for Cicero the Advocate
Review from previous edition 'Cicero the Advocate - he's back, he's bad, and he's taking names!' Or so the voice-over for the trailer would growl, if this surprisingly feisty volume were a summer blockbuster coming to a movie screen near you . . . Not quite a decade after his collection Cicero the Philosopher helped make 1995 a watershed in ... Read more