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