Cicero Flashcards
What state did cicero want the Roman republic to exist in
Concordia Ordinum - Aristocracy and equites united in the common good of governing the state
What does cum dignitate otium mean
Leisure with Prestige -
What was unusual about Cicero
He was a novus hoom
What year did Cicero hold aedile
69 BC
What year was the verres trial
70 BC
What year was Cicero Praetor
66 BC
In 66 BC, what law was passed (strongly supported by Cicero) to allow Pompey command in the East against the Mithridites
Manilian Law, granting Pompey imperium
What year did Cicero become consul
63 BC
In his year of consul, how did Cicero oppose himself to Caesar
Opposing a bill to create a commision of ten men for five years who would control the redistribution of land, he argued it would give them the power of kings (fitting in with his fear of unconstitutional power in the hands of individuals)
How did Cicero handle the Catiline Conspiracy in his year of Consul and how did he gain support from the Optimates.
Wanted to punish them legally, so not excecution. Caesar argued for life imprisonment, Cato swayed the Senate to have them executed. As Cato was an optimate and Cicero followed his argument, he gained determined support from the elite in the Senate.
How had Ciceros want for amicitia with Pompey broken down by 61 BC
Pompey wanted a triumph and to become consul for a second time after annexing the Mithridates Kingdom.
To achieve the latter the senate would have to suspend the consular elections until after the triumph.
Cato swayed the senate to refuse this request.
Cicero couldn’t do anything to help Pompey without alienating and important ally
How was Ciceros potential relationship with Caesar crushed
Cato and the Optimates rejected his request to have recognition of his own services to the state.
Similar to the Pompey incident in 61, if Cicero had tried to help Caesar, he would have lost the backing of Cato and the Optimates.
Why did Cicero dislike the Triumvirate
Against his ideal of concordia ordinum, he couldn’t believe the way that ‘libertas’ had been ignored
Why was Cicero exiled and in what year
58 BC - Clodius reinstated the illegality of the execution of the Conspirators and was ordered to leave rome forever
How was the exile revoked in 57
Clodiues tribuneship ended
Pompey called a guarded senate meeting (to protect from Clodius’s thugs) and a vote was taken and Cicero was recalled back to Rome
