A study of the rhetorical and political strategy adopted by the Roman orator and statesman Cicero as a newcomer in Roman republican politics. Henriette van der Blom argues that Cicero advertised himself as a follower of chosen models of behaviour from the past - his role models - and in turn presented himself as a role model to others.

(2013). A Written Republic: Cicero's Philosophical Politics. British Journal for the History of Philosophy: Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 404-406. doi: 10.1080/09608788.2013.771250.