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???? What is the use of literature and poetry? What is the use of studying? Eternal questions to which Cicero offers his enlightened and illuminating answers in this beautiful oration composed in 62 as a defense attorney for Aulus Licinius Archias in the civil trial for usurpation of Roman citizenship. #latin #latinliterature #literature #letters #romanhistory #classicalhighschool #students #school #study #videolessons #classics #culture #cícero #highschool #lawyer #whatisstudying #usefulnessoftheuseless #trial #tribunales #romanhistory #orations ✅ ???????? Thanks for subscribing to @HerrQuattrone , you will help me create new videos! ———————————————————— Contents ⤵️ 00:00 The trial against Archias 04:50 Structure of the speech 06:15 Proem: Cicero's relationship with Greek culture 08:23 Cicero's defensive strategy 10:13 What is the use of studying according to Cicero: in praise of letters ———————————————————— ???? Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Partita in C major for lute This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.