Philippics
Britishplural noun
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Demosthenes' orations against Philip of Macedon
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Cicero's orations against Antony
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As relations with Mark Antony broke down, Cicero moved to open condemnation, delivering no fewer than fourteen Philippics* denouncing Antony.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Cicero’s oratorical career closes with the fourteen speeches against Antony, called Philippics, after the speeches of Demosthenes.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by George Middleton
The Philippics, hitherto mentioned, related chiefly to the affairs of Cisalpine Gaul, the scene of the contest between D. Brutus and Antony.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by John Dunlop
Petrarch received in loan from Lapo of Castiglionchio a copy of several of Cicero’s orations, among which were the Philippics, and the oration for Milo.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by John Dunlop
Against Antonius he wrote a series of most envenomed speeches which he called Philippics in imitation of those of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedon.
From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Mary Agnes Hamilton
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