Cicero: Selected Works (Penguin Classics)

As any fan of Julius Caesar knows, oratory was a highly prized art in the Roman Republic, and entire regimes would rise and fall as a result of an orator's ability to throw political "spin" on a topic and whip the mob into a frenzy. Sound familiar? There may never be a more gifted speaker and speechwriter than Marcus Tullius Cicero, and the impact of his orations on the course of all European literature cannot be overestimated. Penguin's Selected Works brings together some of Cicero's most inspiring speeches, and is the true fountainhead for all students of politics, psychology, philosophy or rhetoric.