Cicero vs The Apologia and Florida: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Latin authors, Speeches, Early works to 1800
Cicero
De Officiis (On Duties) was Cicero's last philosophical work. In it he made use of Greek thought to formulate the political and ethical values of Roman Republican society as he saw them, revealing incidentally a great…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Apologia and Florida is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Cicero.
- Cicero has the widest readership — 8489 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Cicero | The Apologia and Florida | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (8489) | — |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (8) | — |
Reception
| Cicero | The Apologia and Florida | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8489 | 1 |
| Editions | 64 | 72 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 11290 | — |
| Reading it now | 775 | — |
| Written reviews | 574 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 59382 | — |
| Pages | 314 | 172 |