--- product_id: 162267439 title: "Cicero: Philippics I-II (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Volume 0)" price: "321.98 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 3 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/162267439-cicero-philippics-i-ii-cambridge-greek-and-latin-classics-volume store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # 44 BC political context & timeline 256 pages of expert commentary 2 detailed historical maps included Cicero: Philippics I-II (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Volume 0) **Price:** 321.98 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📚 Own the voice that shaped Rome’s fate — Cicero’s Philippics, where history meets power. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Cicero: Philippics I-II (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Volume 0) - **How much does it cost?** 321.98 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/162267439-cicero-philippics-i-ii-cambridge-greek-and-latin-classics-volume) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Classic Latin Text:** First major edition since 1926 presenting Philippics I-II with authoritative Latin text and analysis. - • **Rich Contextual Tools:** Includes 2 maps, a 2-page timeline, and an 11-page bibliography to master the era’s political landscape. - • **Deep Historical Insight:** Unlock the turbulent transition from Republic to Empire with Cicero's sharp political orations. - • **Elite Literary Experience:** Perfect for serious scholars and history buffs craving Cicero’s most scathing and polished speeches. - • **Comprehensive Scholarly Commentary:** 256 pages of expert notes illuminate Cicero’s rhetoric and historical allusions for advanced Latin readers. ## Overview This edition of Cicero's Philippics I-II offers a meticulously edited Latin text paired with 256 pages of scholarly commentary, maps, and timelines. It provides an unparalleled deep dive into the political upheaval following Julius Caesar’s assassination in 44 BC, revealing Cicero’s fierce oratory against Mark Antony. Ideal for advanced Latin readers and historians, this volume combines classical literature with rich historical context to illuminate one of Rome’s most pivotal moments. ## Description This edition is the first since J.D. Denniston's of 1926 to present the Latin text and commentary on the First and Second Philippics, two of Cicero's most polished orations, composed less than six months after the murder of Julius Caesar in March 44 BC. This period--roughly 63-44 BC--is important because the Roman state was in transition from Republic to Empire. The Second Philippic not only presents Cicero's assessment of his own political career and his place in Roman history from a perspective late in his life, but it also provides a vivid eyewitness account of how Julius Caesar, with the help of Mark Antony, made himself master of Rome. Review: Five Stars - Great commentary included. Review: John T. Ramsey's commentary on Cicero's First and Second Philippics - This is a review of John T. Ramsey's commentary on Cicero's First and Second Philippics, published by Cambridge University Press in 2003. Philippics I and II are the first two speeches in a series of fourteen delivered against the person and policies of Mark Antony in the ongoing aftermath of the assassination of Julius Caesar. The First Philippic was delivered by Cicero in the Roman Senate on 2 September 44 BC, and the Second Philippic was composed some weeks later but was probably only circulated in written form rather than delivered orally. These two speeches represent a part of one of Cicero's chief achievements as an orator, and the Second Philippic in particular is one of the most scathing and entertaining examples of invective to survive from Antiquity. In it, Cicero first engages in a spirited defense of his own political career and then undertakes an extended survey of Mark Antony's entire life in and out of politics, providing a portrait of Caesar's erstwhile right-hand man that paints him as an abominably dissolute and corrupt would-be tyrant. As an oratorical showpiece and as a key source for the lives and careers of two of Rome's most interesting statesmen, the Second Philippic repays careful reading by anyone interested in Roman History and Latin Literature. This edition consists of a thorough 11 page bibliography, two maps (one of the Mediterranean, one of the city of Rome), a 2 page timeline of the key events of 44 BC relevant to the speeches, a 28 page introduction, just over 50 pages of Latin text (Philippic I comes in at 12.5 pages of Latin, the Second Philippic counts for the rest), about 256 pages of commentary, and an index. On the whole, the commentary is mostly concerned with historical issues, and in this respect it is much like Denniston's older commentary on the same speeches, which this commentary replaces. The commentator provides only minimal help with tricky grammar and syntax, although he does do an excellent job of providing the meaning of words if they are rare or if Cicero has attributed an unusual or marked meaning to them. A reader therefore needs to already have a very considerable amount of Latin reading experience and competency to read Philippics I and II efficiently and profitably using this commentary. Both the introduction and the notes are chiefly concerned with providing the historical and cultural background information necessary for the reader to be able to comprehend and evaluate the assertions Cicero makes over the course of these speeches. The introduction thoroughly covers the historical background of the speeches, the other primary sources (both extant and lost) for the historical period covered in the speeches, the basic themes and content of all of the Philippics, the origin of the title "Philippics", Cicero's use of Demosthenes as a model, the aim and style of the Philippics, Cicero's use of prose rhythm (with a conspectus of the most common clausulae), and the manuscript tradition (with a list of this edition's divergences from the critical text of Shackleton-Bailey; there is no apparatus criticus under the Latin text itself). One would be hard-pressed to find a more concise, cogent, and information-rich introduction to the Philippics than this one. The notes do an excellent job illuminating the unrelenting stream of allusions Cicero makes to contemporary and near-contemporary political realities. The commentator includes extensive references and citations to other primary sources for the period, including Cicero's Letters, which often discuss the same events and people covered in the speeches. Biographical sketches and historical anecdotes are included when necessary, and the commentator makes extensive use of his own and other scholars' analytical work to attempt to resolve the historical and textual problems posed by the speeches. Because Cicero is a politician and not a historian (as far as the Philippics go), Cicero engages in an extensive amount of exaggeration, distortion, and downright fabrication of Mark Antony's and even his own political record in the Philippics, and the chief value of this commentary is the methodical exposition of the information the reader needs to test the validity of Cicero's claims and accusations. Finally, it is well to mention that the notes also pay close attention to the figures of rhetoric Cicero deploys in Phillips I-II and to other aspects of the speeches' literary composition, and the commentator even provides schematics of the speeches' structure in terms of rhetorical theory (narratio, digressio, propositio, etc.). For readers more interested in Philippics I-II as oratorical specimens than as historical sources, this commentary also therefore has much of value to offer. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,013,804 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #867 in Classic Greek Literature #1,539 in Ancient History (Books) #1,793 in Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 Reviews | ## Images ![Cicero: Philippics I-II (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Volume 0) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41bRbmyZX7L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars *by C***. on November 15, 2014* Great commentary included. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ John T. Ramsey's commentary on Cicero's First and Second Philippics *by E***S on September 27, 2013* This is a review of John T. Ramsey's commentary on Cicero's First and Second Philippics, published by Cambridge University Press in 2003. Philippics I and II are the first two speeches in a series of fourteen delivered against the person and policies of Mark Antony in the ongoing aftermath of the assassination of Julius Caesar. The First Philippic was delivered by Cicero in the Roman Senate on 2 September 44 BC, and the Second Philippic was composed some weeks later but was probably only circulated in written form rather than delivered orally. These two speeches represent a part of one of Cicero's chief achievements as an orator, and the Second Philippic in particular is one of the most scathing and entertaining examples of invective to survive from Antiquity. In it, Cicero first engages in a spirited defense of his own political career and then undertakes an extended survey of Mark Antony's entire life in and out of politics, providing a portrait of Caesar's erstwhile right-hand man that paints him as an abominably dissolute and corrupt would-be tyrant. As an oratorical showpiece and as a key source for the lives and careers of two of Rome's most interesting statesmen, the Second Philippic repays careful reading by anyone interested in Roman History and Latin Literature. This edition consists of a thorough 11 page bibliography, two maps (one of the Mediterranean, one of the city of Rome), a 2 page timeline of the key events of 44 BC relevant to the speeches, a 28 page introduction, just over 50 pages of Latin text (Philippic I comes in at 12.5 pages of Latin, the Second Philippic counts for the rest), about 256 pages of commentary, and an index. On the whole, the commentary is mostly concerned with historical issues, and in this respect it is much like Denniston's older commentary on the same speeches, which this commentary replaces. The commentator provides only minimal help with tricky grammar and syntax, although he does do an excellent job of providing the meaning of words if they are rare or if Cicero has attributed an unusual or marked meaning to them. A reader therefore needs to already have a very considerable amount of Latin reading experience and competency to read Philippics I and II efficiently and profitably using this commentary. Both the introduction and the notes are chiefly concerned with providing the historical and cultural background information necessary for the reader to be able to comprehend and evaluate the assertions Cicero makes over the course of these speeches. The introduction thoroughly covers the historical background of the speeches, the other primary sources (both extant and lost) for the historical period covered in the speeches, the basic themes and content of all of the Philippics, the origin of the title "Philippics", Cicero's use of Demosthenes as a model, the aim and style of the Philippics, Cicero's use of prose rhythm (with a conspectus of the most common clausulae), and the manuscript tradition (with a list of this edition's divergences from the critical text of Shackleton-Bailey; there is no apparatus criticus under the Latin text itself). One would be hard-pressed to find a more concise, cogent, and information-rich introduction to the Philippics than this one. The notes do an excellent job illuminating the unrelenting stream of allusions Cicero makes to contemporary and near-contemporary political realities. The commentator includes extensive references and citations to other primary sources for the period, including Cicero's Letters, which often discuss the same events and people covered in the speeches. Biographical sketches and historical anecdotes are included when necessary, and the commentator makes extensive use of his own and other scholars' analytical work to attempt to resolve the historical and textual problems posed by the speeches. Because Cicero is a politician and not a historian (as far as the Philippics go), Cicero engages in an extensive amount of exaggeration, distortion, and downright fabrication of Mark Antony's and even his own political record in the Philippics, and the chief value of this commentary is the methodical exposition of the information the reader needs to test the validity of Cicero's claims and accusations. Finally, it is well to mention that the notes also pay close attention to the figures of rhetoric Cicero deploys in Phillips I-II and to other aspects of the speeches' literary composition, and the commentator even provides schematics of the speeches' structure in terms of rhetorical theory (narratio, digressio, propositio, etc.). For readers more interested in Philippics I-II as oratorical specimens than as historical sources, this commentary also therefore has much of value to offer. ### ⭐⭐⭐ テキストの意味を知るための注釈ではないの *by 花***一 on January 1, 2025* 有名なデニストンのこの注釈であるが、目立つのはキケロの言ってることの揚げ足とりである。中にはアントニウスの言説には無批判な記述も見られる。キケロに批判的なサイムの影響を受けているのではないか。 日本人がキケロのテキストの意味を知るためには役に立たない。 引用文もラテン語のままで、記述も難解であり、相当の学者でないとこれを活用するのは難しいのではないか。 ## Frequently Bought Together - Cicero: Philippics I-II (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) - Livy: Book I (Latin Texts) - Tacitus: Agricola (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/162267439-cicero-philippics-i-ii-cambridge-greek-and-latin-classics-volume](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/162267439-cicero-philippics-i-ii-cambridge-greek-and-latin-classics-volume) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-08-21*