- ISBN: 9780199298297 | 0199298297
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/15/2006
A collection of contributions by prominent Ciceronian scholars on Cicero's forensic speeches as examples of advocacy designed to secure a verdict, setting the speeches in the context of the Roman court system and of ancient rhetoric, discussing the nature of advocacy ancient and modern,analysing Cicero's various techniques of persuasion, and examining a number of speeches in detail as case studies.