{"product_id":"2940156792177","title":"Select Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero (Illustrated)","description":"Considered possibly the greatest orator in human history, Cicero is also given credit for introducing Greek philosophy to Rome.  Familiarity with the orations of Cicero is absolutely necessary for anyone hoping to understand western civilization.  The ten included in this book, originally published in 1895, in order as presented:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst oration against Lucius Catalina\u003cbr\u003eSecond oration against Lucius Catalina\u003cbr\u003eThird oration against Lucius Catalina\u003cbr\u003eFourth oration against Lucius Catalina\u003cbr\u003eIn defence of proposed Manilian Law\u003cbr\u003eFor Aulus Licinius Archias the poet\u003cbr\u003eFor Marcus Claudius Marcellus\u003cbr\u003eIn defence of Quintus Ligarius\u003cbr\u003eIn defence of Titus Annius Milo\u003cbr\u003eThe prosecution of Verres\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese ten will give you a feel for Cicero as a public servant, and also for that crucial period in Roman history just before the Empire is considered to have officially begun, a period when the Republic was effectively dead even though the Romans themselves had yet to admit it.  (Whether there is an analogy there with the American republic is yours to judge.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreparing old books for digital publication is a labor of love at Travelyn Publishing.  We hold our digital versions of public domain books up against any others with no fear of the comparison.  Our conversion work is meticulous, utilizing a process designed to eliminate errors, maximize reader enjoyment, and recreate as much as possible the atmosphere of the original book even as we are adding the navigation and formatting necessary for a good digital book.  While remaining faithful to a writer's original words, and the spellings and usages of his era, we are not above correcting obvious mistakes.  If the printer became distracted after placing an 'a' at the end of a line and then placed another 'a' at the beginning of the next line (they used to do this stuff by hand you know!), what sort of mindless robots would allow that careless error to be preserved for all eternity in the digital version, too?  Not us.  That's why we have the audacity to claim that our re-publications are often better than the originals.","brand":"Travelyn Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075002679536,"sku":"2940156792177","price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940156792177_p0.jpg?v=1764088057","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940156792177","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}