One theme that offers continuity across Â§Â§ 40â∴4 is âinheritance and bankruptcyâ.

Shortage of subject matter wonât be a problem: after all, Antonyâs vices and misdeeds are legion ( quam facultatem mihi multitudo istius vitiorum peccatorumque largitur). Still, Cicero alleges at the end of Â§ 43 that in detailing Antonyâs depravities he will proceed selectively, so as to have something in reserve for future jousts ( nec enim omnia effundam, ut, si saepius decertandum sit, ut erit, semper novus veniam). This portion is of prodigious length (Â§Â§ 44â∱14) and will bring us right up to the concluding peroration ( Â§Â§ 115â∱9). This transitional section (Â§Â§ 42â∴3) helps to set up the second main part of the speech, which begins here in Â§ 44: it features a prolonged and systematic assault on Antony. Since OCR invites us to parachute right into the middle of Philippic 2, here is a quick orientation of where exactly in the text we are when we reach Â§ 44: after his opening statement (Â§Â§ 1â∲) and his rebuttal of Antonyâs attack on him (Â§Â§ 3â∴1), Cicero spends the following two paragraphs inveighing against his adversaryâs skills as a public speaker, with particular reference to Antonyâs oratorical efforts in the period immediately after Caesarâs assassination. Â§ 44: A Glance at Teenage Antony: Insolvent, Transgendered, Pimped, and Groomed

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