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This brief book, a sequel to How to Win an Election, gathers Cicero´s most perceptive thoughts on topics such as leadership, corruption, the balance of power, taxes, war, immigration, and the importance of compromise. These writings have influenced great leaders--including America´s Founding Fathers--for two thousand years, and they are just as instructive today as when they were first written.

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"[Freeman´s] book is a collection of tidbits, of course, but if it sends its readers on a journey into Cicero´s world it will have achieved Freeman´s main purpose: the creation of citizen-readers who are a little bit more thoughtful about politics than they were before."--Brett Evans, Inside Story

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Philip Freeman is the editor and translator of How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians (Princeton) and the author of Oh My Gods: A Modern Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar (all Simon & Schuster). He received his PhD from Harvard University and holds the Qualley Chair of Classical Languages at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

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