One tactic that Demosthenes used during his philippics was foresight. It constitutes the third of the four philippics. Antony requested that the hands that wrote the Philippics also be removed. Manuwald, G. Cicero, "Philippics" 3-9&colon; Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary. Cicero called it "Mutina splendidissima" ("most beautiful Mutina") in his "Philippics" (44 BC). Cicero delivered a series of increasingly uncompromising speeches against Antony, called the Philippics. It was against Philip that Demosthenes, the greatest Greek orator, directed his diatribes, the "Philippics". The "Philippics" became one of the most popular writings of the orator. In all, Cicero delivered fourteen Philippics in less than two years. Demosthenes' speeches, in 351 BC, denouncing the leader later became known as "The Philippics".