ANDREW R. DYCK is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published on a broad range of subjects ranging from Homer to fifteenth-century Italian humanism and is the author of eight previous books on Cicero.

• List of maps; List of abbreviations; Introduction; A note on sources; 1. An orator's education (106–80); 2. Orator 2.0 (79–71); 3. The 'reluctant' prosecutor (70); 4. A 'new man' rising (6–-64); 5. Piloting the ship of state on an optimate course (January–August 63); 6. Crisis management (September–December 63); 7. The aftermath of the 'annus mirabilis' (62); 8. Seeking shelter in the past as storm clouds gather (61–59); 9. To the abyss and back (58 to early September 57); 10. Resurgence and deflation (September 29, 57 to the end of April 56); 11. Strategies for coping (May 56 to the end of 54); 12. Political realities, theoretical constructs (the end of 54 to mid-51); 13. Away from Rome (mid-51–47); 14. Reclaiming a voice (46); 15. Devastation and recovery (January to mid-45); 16. From theory to practice (mid-45 through March 44); 17. A new struggle looms (April–December 44); 18. The final struggle (43); 19. Conclusion: an intellectual between tradition and power; Appendices; List of works cited; Index of Greek words; Index of Latin words; Index of passages discussed; Subject index; Index of proper names.

ANDREW R. DYCK is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published on a broad range of subjects ranging from Homer to fifteenth-century Italian humanism and is the author of eight previous books on Cicero.

• List of maps; List of abbreviations; Introduction; A note on sources; 1. An orator's education (106–80); 2. Orator 2.0 (79–71); 3. The 'reluctant' prosecutor (70); 4. A 'new man' rising (6–-64); 5. Piloting the ship of state on an optimate course (January–August 63); 6. Crisis management (September–December 63); 7. The aftermath of the 'annus mirabilis' (62); 8. Seeking shelter in the past as storm clouds gather (61–59); 9. To the abyss and back (58 to early September 57); 10. Resurgence and deflation (September 29, 57 to the end of April 56); 11. Strategies for coping (May 56 to the end of 54); 12. Political realities, theoretical constructs (the end of 54 to mid-51); 13. Away from Rome (mid-51–47); 14. Reclaiming a voice (46); 15. Devastation and recovery (January to mid-45); 16. From theory to practice (mid-45 through March 44); 17. A new struggle looms (April–December 44); 18. The final struggle (43); 19. Conclusion: an intellectual between tradition and power; Appendices; List of works cited; Index of Greek words; Index of Latin words; Index of passages discussed; Subject index; Index of proper names.

ANDREW R. DYCK is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published on a broad range of subjects ranging from Homer to fifteenth-century Italian humanism and is the author of eight previous books on Cicero.

• List of maps; List of abbreviations; Introduction; A note on sources; 1. An orator's education (106–80); 2. Orator 2.0 (79–71); 3. The 'reluctant' prosecutor (70); 4. A 'new man' rising (6–-64); 5. Piloting the ship of state on an optimate course (January–August 63); 6. Crisis management (September–December 63); 7. The aftermath of the 'annus mirabilis' (62); 8. Seeking shelter in the past as storm clouds gather (61–59); 9. To the abyss and back (58 to early September 57); 10. Resurgence and deflation (September 29, 57 to the end of April 56); 11. Strategies for coping (May 56 to the end of 54); 12. Political realities, theoretical constructs (the end of 54 to mid-51); 13. Away from Rome (mid-51–47); 14. Reclaiming a voice (46); 15. Devastation and recovery (January to mid-45); 16. From theory to practice (mid-45 through March 44); 17. A new struggle looms (April–December 44); 18. The final struggle (43); 19. Conclusion: an intellectual between tradition and power; Appendices; List of works cited; Index of Greek words; Index of Latin words; Index of passages discussed; Subject index; Index of proper names.