. deathat Pompey could succeed as champion of the conservative party. That he was forced intoa policy of opportunism by the coalition ofPompey with Caesar does not merit all the con-demnation which it has received. No opposi- ! tion was possible: nor again can he rightly becharged with pusillanimity for acquiescing in j Caesars rule after the overthrow of was no lack of courage in his attitudeafter the death of Caesar. Still less need wequestion the sincerity of his purpose to supportswhatever person or policy was in his
. deathat Pompey could succeed as champion of the conservative party. That he was forced intoa policy of opportunism by the coalition ofPompey with Caesar does not merit all the con-demnation which it has received. No opposi- ! tion was possible: nor again can he rightly becharged with pusillanimity for acquiescing in j Caesars rule after the overthrow of was no lack of courage in his attitudeafter the death of Caesar. Still less need wequestion the sincerity of his purpose to supportswhatever person or policy was in his opinionmost likely to preserve the republican constitu-tion. Plutarch (Cic. 49) tells us that Augustushimself pronounced him to have been truly alover of his country. But it is as an authorthat Cicero deserves the highest praise. In hisworks the Latin language attains its highestperfection. They may be divided as follows.—I. Rhetorical Works. 1. Bhetoricorum s. deInventione Bhetorica Libri II. This appears,to have been the earliest of Ciceros prose Bust of Cicsro. (From the bust in the possession of theDuke of Wellington.) It was intended to exhibit in a systematic foumall that was most valuable in the works of theGreek rhetoricians, but it was never completed.—2. De Partitione Oratoria Dialogus. Acatechism of Rhetoric, according to the methodof the middle Academy, by way of question andanswer, drawn up by Cicero for the instructionof his son Marcus, written in 46. Editions byPiderit, Lips. 1866; Sauppe, Gbtt. 1877.—3. DeOratore ad. Quintuvi Fratrem Libri III. Asystematic work on the art of Oratory, writtenin 55 at the request of his brother QuintusThis is the most perfect of Ciceros rhetoricalworks. Editions : Ellendt, 1840; Piderit, ; Wilkins, Oxf. 1881-1892.—4. Brutus Claris Oratoribus. It contains a critical his-tory of Roman eloquence, from the earliesttimes down to Hortensius inclusive. Editionsby Beck, Camb. 1853; Piderit, 1875.—
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