De re publica
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De re publica is a dialogue on Roman politics by Cicero, written in six books between 54 and 51 BC. The work does not survive in a complete state, and large parts are missing. The surviving sections d
Bust of Cicero, author of De re publica
Vatican palimpsest containing De re publica
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Republic (Plato)
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The Republic is a Socratic dialogue authored by Plato around 375 BC, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work, and one of the
De re publica
…works and from an incomplete palimpsest uncovered in 1819. Cicero uses the work to explain Roman constitutional theory. Written in imitation of Plato's Republic, it takes the form of a Socratic dialogue in which Scipio Aemilianus takes the role of a wise old man. The work examines the type of government that…
Title page of the oldest complete manuscript: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Gr. 1807 (late 9th century)
P. Oxy. 3679, manuscript from the 3rd century AD, containing fragments of Plato's Republic.
Faith, Hope and Love, as portrayed by Mary Lizzie Macomber (1861–1916)
Socrates Pio Clementino Inv 314