Cicero's exile Flashcards
Clodius’s bill
“anyone who had executed a roman citizen without trial should be forbidden fire and water”
Cicero looks for help
dressed in mourning clothes and tried to appeal to the people but was constantly intercepted by clodius’s gangs
Visited Pompey who left through his back door, betraying his former loyalties because Caesar asked him to
Clodius’s second bill
exiled Cicero by name
ordered his property to be confiscated
Cicero was very bitter about his exile
considered himself to have been the saviour of his country
“my whole life is utterly miserable”
Cicero admits a slight fault that led to his exile
“I was short sighted”
“trust people who i thought should never have deceived me”
where he went in exile and why
Thessalonica Greece
best place outside of the distance limit Clodius had set
exiled from when to when
58Bc and half of 57Bc
REcalled by who
Lentulus (consul of 57BC)
Clodius’s attempt at stopping his recall
with the help of two Tribunes blocked Lentulus’s bill
Pompey’s help in the recall
he argued that Cicero had indeed saved his country
The senate in recalling Cicero
passed a motion ruling that anyone who tried to prevent Cicero’s recall would be regarded as a public enemy
Gang warfare against Clodius
Ciceros supporters Milo and Sestius started training gangs of their own
Milo got gladiators
Clodius’s actions before Cicero returned
burned and looted his villas
destroyed Cicero’s town house in Rome (built a temple to Liberty on the site)
Cicero’s reception upon his return
“huge, crowds, escorted me all the way up to the Capitoline hill”
