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Pax Romana Art
Cicero on History
Cicero, Orator · 46 BC
1.846 kr2.640 kr
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- Printed in the USA. Made to order and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Shatterproof plexiglass. Framed prints sit in a pine frame, FSC-certified, and arrive ready to hang.
- Magnetic wooden hanger. Posters come with a pine hanger; the magnets hold the print.
- Arrives perfect — guaranteed. Damaged or defective? Free reprint or refund.
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Framed print
- 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
- Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
- Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
- Shatterproof plexiglass
- Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
Hanging print
- 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
- Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
- Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
- Shatterproof plexiglass
- Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
- Sizes: 12x16″ · 18x24″ · 24x32″ · 30x40″
- Orientation: Vertical
- Medium: Fine art paper
- Style: Quote
- Era: Late Republic
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Cicero on HistoryFramed print · Black · 24x32″
1.846 kr
2.640 krSave 794 kr
Cicero, Orator · 46 BC
Know the Past or Stay a Child
Cicero wrote the Orator in 46 BC, while Julius Caesar ruled as dictator and Cicero had withdrawn from public life. He addressed it to Marcus Junius Brutus, the future assassin of Caesar, as a portrait of the ideal speaker. Among the things that speaker needs, Cicero says in section 120, is a knowledge of history and its examples, because recalling the past lends a speech both authority and credibility.
Cicero himself was a lawyer, consul in 63 BC and the greatest orator of Rome. In philosophy he followed the skeptical Academy, which held that certainty is rarely within reach, but he gave the Stoics a respectful hearing. His Stoic Paradoxes and On Duties, which draws heavily on the Stoic Panaetius, carried their ideas to Latin readers. He was killed in the proscriptions of 43 BC at the demand of Mark Antony.
The words on this piece are a faithful English translation of Orator 120. Some quotation collections cite the line to his Brutus, but it belongs to the Orator. In Latin the last word is 'boy,' and translators give both 'boy' and 'child.'
The piece
The design sets a white marble bust against a deep night-blue ground, lit from the upper left so that the brow, cheekbone and folds of drapery catch the light. The clean-shaven face, receding hairline and furrowed forehead follow the portrait type of Cicero known from Roman busts.
Materia · The materials
Fine art paper, framed or hung.
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Fine art paper
Framed prints: 200 gsm smooth matte paper, printed in 12 colors with fade-resistant pigment inks.
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Shatterproof plexiglass
Protects the print in transit and on the wall.
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Magnetic wooden hanger
Posters: 250 gsm museum-quality matte paper between pine hangers in black or dark wood. The magnets hold the print, so you can swap it any time.
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