Cicero Flashcards
When and where did Cicero die?
Dec 7, 43 BC, Formiae Latium
When did Cicero do military service and under whom?
89 BC under Pompeius Strabo
When did Cicero come to public attention?
81 BC speaking for P Quinctus in a property dispute
What case established Cicero at the bar?
Prosecuting Verres, in the VERRINES, defeating Hortensius
To whom was Cicero married first?
Wealthy Terentia, but it ended in divorce
What was the Lex Manilia and what was Cicero’s stance on it?
Law giving Pompey command against mithridates, in the 3rd mithridatic war. Opposed by Patricians until Cicero spoke in favour of it in the Pro Lege Manilia
When was ciceros consulship
63 BC
Whose conspiracy did Cicero defeat?
Catiline 63 BC
What is Concordia ordinum?
Harmony of the orders
Why did Cicero have to go into exile in 58 BC
He refused to support the first triumvirate and Clodius, a rival of Cicero, got consulship and therefore Cicero fled the city. Clodius passed a bill forbidding execution w/o trial as Cicero had done w Catiline conspirators
Why was Cicero recalled from exile in 57 BC?
Pompey and the tribune Milo. He unsuccessfully attempted to defend Milo from the charge of murdering Clodius
In 51 BC, where did Cicero govern?
Cilicia, Asia Minor
In the civil war of 49 BC whom did Cicero support?
Pompey
When was Cicero pardoned by Caesar at Pharsalus?
48 BC
What happened to Cicero after 48 BC and the Civili war?
Retires from public life and devotes himself to writing particularly philosophy
44BC what did Cicero do on Caesar’s death?
Returns to public life
What did Cicero want with Octavian?
Use him against Antony
What were the Philippics
Ciceros speeches against Mark Antony
What are Ciceros rhetorical treatises?
Brutus, Orator, de orators. He grouped them with his philopsical work. They present an idealised picture of orator as Master of Arts. De Oratore describes ideal orator, Orator is technical points of style and Britus is history
What are ciceros speeches?
Verrines, Pro Lege Manilia, Catilinarians, Pro Milone, Philippics
What are ciceros philosophical writings?
De re publica, de natura deorum
What do we gain from Cicero’s letters
A unique insight into Roman political life of the first century BC
What of Cicero’s poetry
He had a bad rep as poet, more modern style than Licretius. Poetry as a vehicle for personal propaganda.Consulatus Suus and Aratea
How many speeches of Cicero survive?
58 in whole or in part
What was ciceros practise if he decided to publish a speech
Write it up after it was delivered
When and where was Cicero born?
106 BC in Arpinum Latium
