Latin A-Level
Cicero's direct address to Catiline
What Cicero's direct address to Catiline means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Cicero's direct address to Catiline
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The speech opens with Cicero addressing Catiline directly rather than the Senate as a body.
Topics that use Cicero's direct address to Catiline
- 2c. Content of Prose Literature (H443/03) - Group 1 - For examination in 2030, 2031 and 2032 (sixth set text cycle) (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Rhetorical persuasion and invective
- The Senate's forbearance and Cicero's demand for exile
- The threat of Catiline's conspiracy
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