Speeches Of his speeches, eighty-eight were recorded, fifty-two of which survive today. Some of the items below include more than one speech.
Legal speeches • (81 BC)
Pro Quinctio (
On behalf of Publius Quinctius) • (80 BC)
Pro Roscio Amerino (
In Defense of Sextus Roscius of Ameria) • (77 BC)
Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo (
In Defense of Quintus Roscius Gallus the Comic actor) • (71 BC)
Pro Tullio (
On behalf of Tullius) • (70 BC)
Divinatio in Caecilium (
Against Quintus Caecilius in the process for selecting a prosecutor of Gaius Verres) • (70 BC)
In Verrem (
Against Gaius Verres, or
The Verrines) • (69 BC)
Pro Fonteio (
In Defense of Marcus Fonteius) • (69 BC)
Pro Caecina (
On behalf of Caecina) • (66 BC)
Pro Cluentio (
In Defense of Aulus Cluentius) • (63 BC)
Pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo (
In Defense of Gaius Rabirius on a Charge of Treason) • (63 BC)
Pro Murena (
In Defense of Lucius Licinius Murena, in the court for electoral bribery) • (62 BC)
Pro Sulla (
In Defense of Publius Cornelius Sulla) • (62 BC)
Pro Archia Poeta (
In Defense of Aulus Licinius Archias the poet) • (59 BC)
Pro Antonio (
In Defense of Gaius Antonius) [lost entire, or never written] • (59 BC)
Pro Flacco (
In Defense of Lucius Valerius Flaccus, in the court for extortion) • (56 BC)
Pro Sestio (
In Defense of Publius Sestius) • (56 BC)
In Vatinium testem (
Against the witness Publius Vatinius at the trial of Sestius) • (56 BC)
Pro Caelio (
In Defense of Marcus Caelius Rufus):
English translation • (56 BC)
Pro Balbo (
In Defense of Lucius Cornelius Balbus) • (54 BC)
Pro Plancio (
In Defense of Gnaeus Plancius) • (54 BC)
Pro Rabirio Postumo (
In Defense of Gaius Rabirius Postumus) • (54 BC)
Pro Scauro (
In Defense of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus) Several of Cicero's speeches are printed, in English translation, in the
Penguin Classics edition
Murder Trials. These speeches are included: •
In defence of Sextus Roscius of Ameria (This is the basis for
Steven Saylor's novel
Roman Blood.) •
In defence of Aulus Cluentius Habitus •
In defence of Gaius Rabirius •
Note on the speeches in defence of Caelius and Milo •
In defence of King Deiotarus Political speeches ;;Early career (before exile) • (66 BC)
Pro Lege Manilia or
De Imperio Cn. Pompei (
in favor of the Lex Manilia, or
on the command of Pompey) • (64 BC)
In Toga Candida (
Denouncing candidates for the consulship of 63 BC) • (63 BC)
De Lege Agraria contra Rullum (
Opposing the Agrarian Law proposed by Rullus) • (63 BC)
In Catilinam I–IV (
Catiline Orations or
Against Catiline) • (59 BC)
Pro Flacco (
In Defense of Flaccus) ;;Mid career (between exile and Caesarian Civil War) • (57 BC)
Post Reditum in Quirites (
To the Citizens after his recall from exile) • (57 BC)
Post Reditum in Senatu (
To the Senate after his recall from exile) • (57 BC)
De Domo Sua (
On his House) • (57 BC)
De Haruspicum Responsis (
On the Responses of the Haruspices) • (56 BC)
De Provinciis Consularibus (
On the Consular Provinces) • (55 BC)
In Pisonem (
Against Piso) • (52 BC)
Pro Milone (
In Defence of Titus Annius Milo) ;;Late career • (46 BC)
Pro Marcello (
On behalf of Marcellus) • (46 BC)
Pro Ligario (
On behalf of Ligarius before Caesar) • (46 BC)
Pro Rege Deiotaro (
On behalf of King Deiotarus before Caesar) • (44 BC)
Philippicae (
consisting of the 14 philippics, Philippica I–XIV
, against Marcus Antonius) (The
Pro Marcello,
Pro Ligario, and
Pro Rege Deiotaro are collectively known as "The Caesarian speeches").
Rhetoric and politics '' (
palimpsest) • (84 BC)
De Inventione (
About the composition of arguments) • (55 BC)
De Oratore ad Quintum fratrem libri tres (
On the Orator, three books for his brother Quintus) • (54 BC)
De Partitionibus Oratoriae (
About the subdivisions of oratory) • (52 BC)
De Optimo Genere Oratorum (
About the Best Kind of Orators) • (51 BC)
De Re Publica (
On the Republic, also known as "On the Commonwealth", and referred to as such, above) • (46 BC)
Brutus (
For Brutus, a short history of Roman rhetoric and orators dedicated to Marcus Junius Brutus) • (46 BC)
Orator ad M. Brutum (
The Orator, addressed to Brutus) • (44 BC)
Topica (
Topics) • (?? BC)
De Legibus (
On the Laws) • (?? BC)
De Consulatu Suo (
On his consulship – epic poem about Cicero's own consulship, fragmentary) • (?? BC)
De temporibus suis (His Life and Times) – epic poem, entirely lost
Philosophy of the
Tusculanae Disputationes (1450s) '' • (89 BC?) ''Translation of
Aratus' Φαινόμενα (Aratea)'' • (46 BC)
Paradoxa Stoicorum (
Stoic Paradoxes) • (45 BC)
Hortensius • (45 BC)
Academica Priora – (First edition of the
Academica comprising two books, the
Catullus, which is lost, and the extant
Lucullus) – a book about
Academic Skepticism, the school of philosophy of which Cicero was an adherent. • (45 BC)
Academica Posteriora or
Academici Libri (Second edition of the
Academica comprising four books, all of which except for part of book 1 has been lost. Also known as the
Varro) • (45 BC)
Consolatio (
Consolation) (see
Consolatio) • (45 BC)
De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (
About the Ends of Goods and Evils) – a book on ethics • (45 BC)
Tusculanae Quaestiones (
Tusculanae Disputationes:
Questions debated at Tusculum) • (45 BC) ''Translation of Plato's
Timaeus'' (sections 27d – 47b) • (? BC) ''Translation of Plato's
Protagoras –'' testimonia quoted in Priscian, Jerome, and Donatus • (45 BC)
De Natura Deorum (
On the Nature of the Gods) • (45 BC)
De Divinatione (
On Divination) • (45 BC)
De Fato (
On Fate) • (44 BC)
Cato Maior de Senectute (
Cato the Elder on Old Age) • (44 BC)
Laelius de Amicitia (
Laelius on Friendship) • (44 BC)
De Officiis (
On Duties)
Letters '' Cicero's letters to and from various public and private figures are considered some of the most reliable sources of information for the people and events surrounding the fall of the Roman Republic. While 37 books of his letters have survived into modern times, 35 more books were known to antiquity that have since been lost. These included letters to Caesar, to Pompey, to Octavian, and to his son Marcus. •
Epistulae ad Atticum (
Letters to Atticus; 68–43 BC) •
Epistulae ad Brutum (
Letters to Brutus; 43 BC) •
Epistulae ad Familiares (
Letters to friends; 62–43 BC) •
Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem (
Letters to his brother Quintus; 60/59–54 BC)
Spurious works Several works extant through having been included in influential collections of Ciceronian texts exhibit such divergent views and styles that they have long been agreed by experts not to be authentic works of Cicero. They are also never mentioned by Cicero himself, nor any of the ancient critics or grammarians who commonly refer to and quote passages from Cicero's authentic works. • (late 80s BC)
Rhetorica ad Herennium (authored by a pro-Marian orator of the mid to late 80s BC sympathetic to the tribune
Publius Sulpicius Rufus; perhaps
Publius Canutius) • (60s BC)
Commentariolum Petitionis (
Note-book for winning elections) (usually attributed to Cicero's brother Quintus) ==See also==