Strategies
Cicero and his ability to use his rhetoric skills to promote his political power are best seen in his interaction with Catilina. It's a classic rivalry that students can relate with. By analysis of this story, students will be able to understand how rhetoric and persuasion could influence the republic. By looking at the story and analyzing how Cicero was able to use Catilina as a nemesis for democracy, students can see how persuasion can be used to gain political favor. Students will be able to understand better the roman republic and how it would change to an empire. After analysis of the story of Cicero and Catilina, students will look at today's politicians and how they use events and wars to gain political power.
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