by Marco Tulio Cicerón · Gredos · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788424933951
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«Catilinarias (anotado)» is the political oratory work of Marcus Tullius Cicero, published by Gredos in paperback (134 pages, in Spanish).
A work of Roman oratory that brings together the speeches delivered by Cicero before the Senate in 63 BC to denounce the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catiline against the Republic. The annotated edition clarifies the historical and linguistic context of the speeches.
Fourth edition revised by Francisco Campos Rodríguez, published in 1997. Volume 3 of the Gredos collection Textos Clásicos Anotados, with Latin text and annotations in Spanish.
Recommended for students of Latin and for readers interested in oratory and the history of Republican Rome.
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises of the Roman Republic that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. The extensive writings of Cicero include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy, and politics. He is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists and the innovator of what became known as "Ciceronian rhetoric". Cicero was educated in Rome and in Greece. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and served as consul in 63 BC.
