Politics of the Late Republic
12 courses, 64 lectures11:27:31
Classics & Ancient History
Cicero
In this course, Dr Andrew Sillett (University of Oxford) provides an introduction to Cicero's life and times through six legal and political speeches, from his first speech (Pro Roscio Amerino), delivered when he was just 26,...
6 lectures
1:58:39
Dr Andrew Sillett
Oxford University
Classics & Ancient History
Cicero: De Imperio
In this course, Henriette van der Blom (University of Glasgow) explores Cicero's speech 'De Imperio Cn Pompeii', delivered in 66 BC. The course begins with an introduction to oratory in Rome, including the different kinds of...
5 lectures
0:59:22
Dr Henriette van der Blom
Birmingham University
Classics & Ancient History
Cicero: De Imperio
This course explores several aspects of Cicero’s speech De Imperio Cn Pompeii, which was delivered in the Roman Forum in 66 BC. In particular, we think about the speech both as a performance in the Forum and as a written...
4 lectures
0:33:15
Dr Alison Rosenblitt
Oxford University
Classics & Ancient History
Cicero: Pro Milone
In this course, Dr Andrew Sillett (University of Oxford) explores Cicero's defence of Titus Annius Milo, the Pro Milone. We start by considering the crime itself—the death of Publius Clodius Pulcher on the Appian War on 18...
6 lectures
0:49:25
Dr Andrew Sillett
Oxford University
Classics & Ancient History
Cicero: Pro Cluentio
In this course, Dr Andrew Sillett (University of Oxford) explores Cicero’s Pro Cluentio. In the first module, we provide some of the key context for Cicero’s speech. When did the trial take place, and why is this important?...
5 lectures
0:46:49
Dr Andrew Sillett
Oxford University
Classics & Ancient History
Cicero: Second Philippic
In this course, Dr Andrew Sillett (University of Oxford) explores Cicero’s Second Philippic. We begin by outlining the historical background to the speech, starting with the assassination of Caesar on 15 March and ending with...
7 lectures
0:41:41
Dr Andrew Sillett
Oxford University
Classics & Ancient History
Politics of the Late Republic
In this course, Dr Ed Bispham (University of Oxford) explores the politics of the late Republic, from the death of Tiberius Gracchus (133 BC) to the death of Cicero (43 BC). We begin by thinking about how the Roman constitution...
6 lectures
1:05:53
Dr Ed Bispham
Oxford University
Classics & Ancient History
Politics of the Late Republic
In this course, Dr Ed Bispham (University of Oxford) explores several aspects of the politics of the Late Republic. In the first module, we think about the extent to which structural deficits within the Republican constitution...
6 lectures
1:14:49
Dr Ed Bispham
Oxford University
Classics & Ancient History
Politics of the Late Republic: Cicero
In this course, Professor Catherine Steel (University of Glasgow) explores the politics of the Late Republic through one of its central figures: Marcus Tullius Cicero. We begin by thinking about Cicero's early life and...
6 lectures
1:06:40
Prof. Catherine Steel
Glasgow University
Classics & Ancient History
Politics of the Late Republic: Cicero
In this course, Dr Henriette van der Blom (University of Birmingham) explores the politics of the Late Republic through one of its central figures: Marcus Tullius Cicero. We begin by providing a broad introduction to Cicero's...
6 lectures
1:11:33
Dr Henriette van der Blom
Birmingham University
Classics & Ancient History
Politics of the Late Republic: Cicero the Correspondent
In this course, Professor Catherine Steel (University of Glasgow) explores Cicero as a correspondent in a set of lectures designed to be used alongside the OCR A Level Classical Civilization option, ‘Politics and the Late...
4 lectures
0:31:47
Prof. Catherine Steel
Glasgow University
Classics & Ancient History
Politics of the Late Republic: Cicero the Orator
In this course, Professor Catherine Steel (University of Glasgow) explores Cicero as an orator in a set of lectures designed to be used alongside the OCR A Level Classical Civilization option, ‘Politics and the Late Republic’....
3 lectures
0:27:38
Prof. Catherine Steel
Glasgow University