The First and Second Philippic Orations is a book written by the ancient Roman statesman and orator Cicero, Marcus Tullius. The book was originally published in 1874 and contains two orations, the first and second Philippic, along with short English notes. The Philippic orations were a series of speeches given by Cicero against Mark Antony, a powerful Roman politician and general, in the years following the assassination of Julius Caesar. The speeches...