On Government

INTRODUCTION 1 1. Against Verres (II, 5): How Not to Govern a Province 13 2. For Murena: When to Sacrifice a Principle 106 3. For Balbus: The Admission of Foreigners to Citizenship 160 4. On the State (III): The Ideal Form of Government; (V, VI): The Good Statesman 172 5. On Laws (III): How to Run the Ideal Government 192 6. The Brutus: The Importance of Oratory 221 7. The Philippics (IV, V, X): Against Rule by One Man 335 APPENDIX 1: Some of the Arguments used in For Balbus 389 APPENDIX 2: Minor Orators Mentioned in the Brutus 391 MAPS 395 The Roman Empire in 51 BC Italy Sicily Eastern Europe The East Western Europe and North Africa Plan of Rome FURTHER READING 405 INDEX 407