How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians

by Quintus Tullius Cicero

Book Overview

A primer on campaigning in ancient Rome that reads like a strategy memo from a modern political consultant

How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother Quintus decided he needed some no-nonsense advice on running a successful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691154082
• ISBN13: 9780691154084
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 6.8"