Compare also Cicero’s whole argument in the speech against the land bill of Rullus. […] A speech of Marcus Brutus delivered on the Capitol the next day likewise fell flat. […] Cicero made a speech, proposing an amnesty. […] In form, the speech was brief and moderate:1 the audience was inflammable. […] The exacerbated Antonius then delivered a violent speech, with abuse of the Liberators.