Sallust‚ Cicero and the Catiline Conspiracy Both the histories of Sallust and the orations of Cicero can be considered literary works‚ to a degree. The War With Catiline‚ by Sallust and The First Speech Against Lucius Sergius Catilina‚ by Cicero‚ both contain excellent examples of writings from the age of the great Roman Empire. Although both are fantastic pieces depicting a time of tragedy‚ the Catiline Conspiracy against Rome‚ and they both think Catiline as evil‚ the two are also different
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Funeral Oration of Pericles In the reading of the Funeral Oration of Pericles‚ I do not believe what Pericles says about Athens. I believe he made his speech to boost morale for his people and for the soldiers‚ and to keep the war going. In the Funeral Oration of Pericles‚ they were there to honor the fallen soldiers and to have a burial for them‚ but Pericles made it about the war. He used it to boost morale for the soldiers‚ to get them excited and to give them a reason to keep fighting
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RUNNING HEAD: PERICLES FUNERAL ORATION Pericles Funeral Oration Roberto Brooks Western Civilization Dorothy Slane April 8‚ 2012 I do not think that everything Pericles said in his funeral Oration was true. Pericles goes on and on about how great the Athens city-state had become a strong democratic government. “He also talks about how they accept everyone into their city-state and give them the same rights as the Athens people regardless if they are foreigners”. “Pericles even compares
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On Thursday‚ November 20th a speech was delivered by Ted Cruz as a reaction to another one of Obama’s actions. This speech is a modern American version of Cicero’s In Catilinam‚ a speech which was uttered by Cicero against the traitor Catiline who planned to overthrow Rome and seize control. Cruz only made use of the first fourth of the first in a group of three speeches‚ since he only needed that mch to make his point and as everyone knows‚ Cicero is extremely long winded. Ted did not change much
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Pericles Funeral Oration In the fifth century BCE the city of Athens was lead by a man named Pericles. Funerals after great battles were held as a public event where any citizen of Athens‚ stranger or relative to the fallen heroes‚ was invited to take place. A major difference between funerals in Athens and funerals held in present day is the fact that in Athens the cost of the funeral fell on the public rather than the family of the deceased. The fallen heroes are laid in a public sepulcher
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Pericles’ Funeral Oration Why do we fight wars if they just cause death and sorrow? This famous speech was written by Thucydides‚ but given by Pericles sometime during Athens’ Pelponnesian War. This kind of speech was generally given at a mass funeral‚ to honor many who had died fighting in the war. Typically‚ funeral speeches at that time were very somber and mournful‚ but Pericles changed that. In this speech‚ he created this idea of national pride and faith in society‚ by using many hopeful
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documented the Peloponnesian war. Around 431 B.C. Thucydides documented a funeral oration delivered to the people of Athens by Pericles. In Pericles’ Funeral Oration‚ Pericles’ praises the dead‚ describes how great Athens is‚ explains why Athens must continue to support the war‚ and tells why Athens must live up to the fallen soldiers of the Peloponnesian war. Pericles’ Funeral Oration tells us multiple things‚ the Funeral Oration gives historians a glimpse into what Athenians might have been feeling at
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those who came before them‚ and how they have inspired present day situations. "I shall begin with our ancestors: it is both just and proper that they should have the honor of the first mention on an occasion like the present." (Pericles "Funeral Oration") "Our fore fathers brought on this continent‚ a new nation‚ conceived in liberty‚ and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.(Lincoln " Gettysburg Address") Another thing recognized in both speeches is the fact that there is
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Throughout Cicero’s first oration against Cataline‚ he spends quite some time talking very negatively towards Cataline. He speaks directly to him and explains in front of the entire court his malice personality. Thus‚ Cicero’s strategy for getting Cataline to incriminate himself is to list his flaws and evil plans to maybe destroy the world. For example‚ he states‚ “notat et designat oculis ad caedem unum quemque nostrum” (Henderson). Translating this reveals that Cataline is picking out the
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Catiline and Cicero were fierce rivals for positions within the magistracy. Cicero was famous for his orations which is what helped his rise in power within the government. Catiline was plotting to kill Cicero and overthrow and take control of the government; however‚ he was thwarted when his plot was discovered. He was stripped of his power and run out of the city. Catiline was later killed in a battle as he continued his fight to overthrow the government from his stronghold in Etruria. Having
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