{ Three dialogues, in three books--supposed to } { have been held under a plane-tree, in the } De Oratore. { garden at Tusculum belonging to Crassus, } B.C. 55. { forty years before--in which are laid down } AEtat. 52. { instructions for the making of an orator.[a] } { Six political discussions--supposed to have } De { been held seventy-five years before the date } B.C. 53. Republica. { at which they were written--on the best mode } AEtat. 54. { of governance. We have but a fragment of them. } { [c] } { Three out of six books as to the best laws for } { governing the Republic. They are carried on } De Legibus. { between Atticus, Quintus, and Marcus. They } B.C. 52. { are supposed to have been written B.C. 52 } AEtat. 55. { (aetat. 55), but were not published till after } { his death.[c] } De Optimo { A preface to the translation of the speeches } Genere { of AEschines and of Demosthenes for and against } B.C. 52. Oratorum. { Ctesiphon--in the matter of the Golden Crown. } AEtat. 55. { [a] } De { Instructions by questions and answers, } Partitione { supposed to have been previously given to his } B.C. 46. Oratoria. { son in Greek, on the art of speaking in public.} AEtat. 61. { [a] } { Treatises, in which he deals with the various } { phases of Philosophy taught by the Academy. It } The { has been altered, and we have only a part of } B.C. 45. Academica. { the first book of the altered portion and the } AEtat. 62. { second part of the treatise before it was } { altered. In its altered form it is addressed } { to Varro.[b] } De Finibus { A treatise in five books, in the form of } Bonorum et { dialogues, as to the results to be looked for } B.C. 45. Malorum. { in inquiries as to what is good and what is } AEtat. 62. { evil. It is addressed to Brutus.[b] } Brutus: or, { A treatise on the most perfect orators of past } De Claris { times. It is addressed to Brutus, and has, in } B.C. 45. Oratoribus. { a peculiar manner, been always called by his } AEtat. 62. { name.[a] } Orator. { A treatise, addressed to Brutus, to show what } B.C. 45. { the perfect orator should be.[a] } AEtat. 62.