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philippic

[fi-lip-ik] / fɪˈlɪp ɪk /
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The speech against Boeotus “Concerning the Name” comes between the First Philippic and the First Olynthiac.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

Plutarch makes no special mention of the second Philippic.

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony

Such are the First Philippic and the three orations for Olynthus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

In his Philippic Orations he gave full vent to his bitter hatred of Antony and so aroused the latter’s undying enmity.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

It shows also that up to this period, a few months previous to the envenomed hatred of the second Philippic, Antony and Cicero were presumed to be on terms of intimate friendship.

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony




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