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Persae

also: Persians

Persia, the great empire of the Achaemenids (550-330 BC) whose invasions of Greece (490, 480-479 BC) supplied the standing exemplum of barbarian impiety; Cicero invokes the Persians at Verr. 2.1.48 as the type of religious sanctity even foreign enemies respected. After Alexander, "Persia" is loosely applied to the Parthian successor-state.

Mentioned in 11 works (14 mentions)

Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book I speech · 1 mention

§48 Persians

Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book III speech · 1 mention

§76 Persians

Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book V speech · 1 mention

§166 Persians

On His House speech · 2 mentions

On the Responses of the Haruspices speech · 1 mention

§28 Persians

On the Laws phil · 1 mention

§2.26 Persians

Brutus rhet · 1 mention

§41 Persians

On the Ends of Good and Evil phil · 1 mention

§87 Persians

Tusculan Disputations phil · 3 mentions

Cato the Elder, On Old Age phil · 1 mention

§59 Persians

On Divination phil · 1 mention

§96 Persians