Rhetoric in Cicero's Pro Balbo

This book offers an examination of Cicero's speech, the Pro Balbo, which was delivered during a momentous period of Roman history, in defence of a highly influential political advisor of Caesar who was charged under the lex Papia for an illegal grant of citizenship.

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Kimberly A. Barber received a Ph.D. in Classics in 1997 from the University of Texas, Austin, and an LL.B. in 1998 from the University of Toronto, Ontario. She currently practices law in Ottawa, Ontario.

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This book offers an examination of Cicero's speech, the Pro Balbo, which was delivered during a momentous period of Roman history, in defence of a highly influential political advisor of Caesar who was charged under the lex Papia for an illegal grant of citizenship.

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Introduction 1. Inventio: Ethos 2. Inventio: Pathos 3. Inventio: Logos 4. Dispositio 5. Elocutio Conclusions Notes Bibliography General Index Index of Passages Discussed