Letter 21 (pg94) Flashcards
From
Cicero
To
Atticus
major events before letter
Antony had made himself quasi-dictator
He had offered Cassius and Brutus minor posts oversees
Dollabella had given Cicero a place as one of his staff
Servilia
mother of Brutus (had reputedly been Caesar’s mistresss
had powerfull connexions and substantial wealth
Porcia
Brutus’s wife
Tertia
Brutus’s half sister
Cassius’s wife
Decimus Junius Brutus
a relative of Brutus, one of the conspirators
Had fled to Cisalpine Gaul wasting his troops against Alpine tribes hoping to be awarded a triumph
executed in the proscription list the following year.
Brutus respect Cicero’s desicion, asks him for counsel, values him
Brutus was pleased I had come
he asked me what I advised
“I will go to Rome…If you think that is the right thing to do”
What course Cicero believed they should take
to accept the directorship of the corn supply from Asia
Cicero’s opinion of Brutus, what importance does he give him
“ensure his safety, since that was equivalent to safeguarding the Republic itself”
“his foolish talk”
Cassius’s reply to the corn supply directorship
practically breathing fire and slaughter
would not go to sicily
“am I to take an Insult as a favour?”
where does Cassius say he will go
to Achaia
Where will Brutus go
Asia, embarking from Antium
Where did Brutus first want to go before Cicero advised against it, why did Cicero do this
to Rome
He would not be safe there
Cicero shows his disspointment towards the conspirators
they ought to stop harping on the past
What Cicero believed they “out to have done”
more should have been done to rouse the excited populace
What does Servilia exlaim on Cicero’s remark, what is the effect on Cicero
“Well I, never heard anyone…!” I stopped short.
What does Servilia say she will do
see that the apointment to the corn-supply is erased from the senatorial decree
Cicero finds there is no hope left for them
“I found the ship falling in pieces, or rather already in fragments. Not a single plan, logic, or system”
Cicero plans to leave Rome
“Although I was certain before, now I am even more certain that I must fly away from here at the earliest possible opportunity”
Cicero’s thoughts on Dollebella’s offer
why it was ideal for him
“the sort of mission that allows you to come and go as you please”
“five years is very fine”
would secure him as an officially sponsored post
would give him a chance to visit Athens and see how his son’s studies were progressing
What happens to Cicero after this
He leaves on 17th July at Pompeii
his ships are driven back by contrary winds to the Italian coast
Brutus and Cassius urged all memors of the senate to attend a meetinf on the 1st September
purpose in Letter
retelling his advising of the conspirator
How he bleieves there is no hope left
How he plans to join Dollebella’s staff
Date
8 June 44BC
