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
