Speeches by Cicero condemning Mark Antony (44–43 BCE)
This article is about Cicero's Philippics. For the general concept, see Philippic.
Cicero's Philippics, 15th-century manuscript, British Library
The Philippics (Latin: Philippicae, singular Philippica) are a series of 14 speeches composed by Cicero in 44 and 43 BC, condemning Mark Antony. Cicero likened these speeches to those of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon;[1] both Demosthenes' and Cicero's speeches became known as Philippics. Cicero's Second Philippic is styled after Demosthenes' On the Crown.
The speeches were delivered in the aftermath of the assassination of Julius Caesar, during a power struggle between Caesar's supporters and his assassins. Although Cicero was not involved in the assassination, he agreed with it and felt that Antony should also have been eliminated. In the Philippics, Cicero attempted to rally the Senate against Antony, whom he denounced as a threat to the Roman Republic.
The Philippics convinced the Senate to declare Antony an enemy of the state and send an army against him. However, the commanders were killed in battle, so the Senate's army came under the control of Octavian. When Octavian, Antony and Marcus Lepidus formed the second triumvirate, Antony insisted that they proscribe Cicero in revenge for the Philippics. Cicero was hunted down and killed soon after.
The Philippics (Latin: Philippicae, singular Philippica) are a series of 14 speeches composed by Cicero in 44 and 43 BC, condemning Mark Antony. Cicero...
of the Augustan historian Pompeius Trogus' lengthy work the Historiae Philippicae, which has not survived. Justin's epitome is the only surviving source...
the Origin of the Whole World and the Places of the Earth (Historiae Philippicae et Totius Mundi Origines et Terrae Situs), now lost, which, according...
Pro Rege Deiotaro (On behalf of King Deiotarus before Caesar) (44 BC) Philippicae (consisting of the 14 philippics, Philippica I–XIV, against Marcus Antonius)...
2], at least the fifth and seventh speeches were referred to as the Philippicae in Cicero's time.[citation needed] They were also called the Antonian...
March 2010. Marcus Junianus, Justinus (1768). "9.7". Justini historiæPhilippicæ: Cum versionse anglica, ad verbum, quantum fieri potuit, facta, or, The...
Life of Alexander. 15. Marcus Junianus Justinus Frontinus. Historia Philippicae (et Totius Mundi). 9.5.12. Strabo. Geographica. 13.1.26, 32. Diodorus...
on instructions from Mark Antony, had his hands (which had penned the Philippicae against Antony) and his head cut off and nailed up for display in this...
Cn. Pompei In Catilinam I–IV In Toga Candida Pro Milone Pro Marcello Philippicae Judicial Pro Quinctio Pro Roscio Amerino Divinatio in Caecilium In Verrem...
Atticum VII 14, 3; IX 19, 1; Pro rege Deiotauro 13; De officiis I 36; Philippicae XI 37; XIII 35; De re publica II 31; III 35; Isidore of Seville, Origines...
declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. The first of Cicero's Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Antony is published. He will make 14 of them...
BC - 300 AD. Leiden. p. 369. ISBN 978-90-04-20650-2. Justin. Historia Philippicae et Totius Mundi Origines et Terrae Situs [Justinus: Epitome of Pompeius...
Play". shakespeare.mit.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-07. "Iustini Historiae Philippicae". 1831. The Reader's Companion to The Death of Shakespeare, by Jon Benson...
transfer of power. Some later historians, such as Justin in his Historia Philippicae et Totius Mundi Origines et Terrae Situs blamed Antipater for the death...
before c. 317 BC. This theory was also advanced by Justin in his Historia Philippicae et Totius Mundi Origines et Terrae Situs where he stated that Antipater...
relationship since 58 BC. Cicero wrote about their relationship in his Philippicae as a way of attacking Antony. According to him, while Fulvia and Clodius...
standards; see J. M. Alonso-Núñez, “An Augustan World History: The Historiae Philippicae of Pompeius Trogus,” Greece & Rome 34:1 (1987), pp.60–61, citing Pompeius...
historian Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (1st century BC) in his work Historiae Philippicae, preserved only in a later summary, probably made in the 3rd century...
Short, A Latin Dictionary, s.v. iugum. Festus 297; Trogus Historiae Philippicae 38.152. Livy 1.24-26. W. Warde Fowler, 1917,‘Passing under the Yoke’...
CITEREFTrebatius (help) Trebatius, cited in Macrobius. Macrobius. Cicero, Philippicae, Book V, Ch. viii. Yonge (1903), Book V, Ch. viii. Cicero, De Domo, §41...
vi. 3. § 10. Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, xii. 7, Philippicae, iv. 6. Cicero, Philippicae, 2.27 Suetonius, Life of Caesar, 82.1 Plutarch, Life of...
Cn. Pompei In Catilinam I–IV In Toga Candida Pro Milone Pro Marcello Philippicae Judicial Pro Quinctio Pro Roscio Amerino Divinatio in Caecilium In Verrem...
propaganda against Mark Antony, whom Cicero had violently attacked in his Philippicae. Cicero's ascribed leadership of the senate, however, may not necessarily...
citizens. As a supporter of Mark Antony, he was criticized by Cicero in his Philippicae in 43 BC. Lento was probably the great-grandfather of Lucius Caesennius...
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