Cicero’s Philippics

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Cicero’s Philippics are a series of speeches by the Roman orator Cicero vehemently denouncing Mark Antony and urging the Senate to defend the Republic after Julius Caesar’s assassination.

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Cicero’s Philippics canonical 1
First Philippic 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political oratory
series of speeches
addressedTo Roman Senate
alternativeName Philippicae
associatedWith Octavian
linked to: Augustus

Second Triumvirate
author Cicero
chronology delivered between September 44 BC and April 43 BC
condemns Mark Antony’s ambitions
Mark Antony’s policies
countryOfOrigin Roman Republic
genre oratory
political speech
historicalContext aftermath of Julius Caesar’s assassination
historicalImpact contributed to Cicero’s proscription
worsened relations between Cicero and Mark Antony
inspiredBy Demosthenes’ Philippics
language Latin
literaryForm deliberative oratory
forensic oratory
literaryTradition Attic oratory
locationOfSpeech Roman Forum
Roman Senate
mainSubject Mark Antony
Roman Republic
namedAfter Demosthenes’ Philippics
numberOfWorks 14
politicalAim defense of the Roman Republic
opposition to dictatorship
preservedIn manuscript tradition
relatedEvent Julius Caesar’s assassination
power struggle after Caesar’s death
rhetoricalDevice appeal to patriotism
character assassination
rhetoricalStyle invective
vehement denunciation
studiedIn Roman history
classical rhetoric
supports Republican cause
senatorial cause
targetOfCriticism Mark Antony
timePeriod 44 BC
late Roman Republic
workCount Fourteen speeches

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Mutina campaign relatedTo Cicero’s Philippics
Philippics (Demosthenes) hasPart First Philippic
linked to: Cicero’s Philippics