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Lawless Republic

The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome

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The true story of Cicero, Rome's greatest criminal lawyer, and his times.

In its final decades, a crime wave engulfed the Roman Republic. An epidemic of extortions, murders, and acts of insurrection tested the court system's capacity to maintain order. As case after case filled the docket, an ambitious young lawyer named Cicero seized every opportunity to litigate, forging a reputation as a master debater with a bright future in politics. In Lawless Republic, historian Josiah Osgood recounts the legendary orator's ascent and fall, and his pivotal role in the Republic's lurch toward autocracy.

Cicero's first appearance in the courts came shortly after the end of a brutal civil war. After leveraging his fame as a lawyer to become a consul, he brutally crushed a coup by suppressing the liberties of Roman citizens. The premiere legal mind of Rome came to argue that the pursuit of a higher justice could sometimes justify sweeping the law aside, laying the groundwork for Roman history's most famous act of political violence-the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Lawless Republic vividly resurrects the spectacle of the courts in the time of Cicero and Caesar, showing how politics trumped the rule of law and sealed the fate of Rome.

GÉNERO
História
DISPONÍVEL
2025
27 de março
IDIOMA
EN
Inglês
PÁGINAS
304
EDITORA
John Murray Press

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