After the assassination of Caesar, there was a breakdown of law and order and Cicero had left Rome. However he then received news that encouraged him to return. Upon his […]
Category Archives: Cicero
Endlessness – Homer, Ibycus, Cicero, Leopardi (Contributed by Cristina Lofaro)
These passages explain the feelings of the four poets dealing with what is endless, impossible to reach, and for man to understand in depth. In the Greek and Latin extracts, […]
Cicero, de natura deorum 2.4-5 (contributed by Emanuele Pezzani)
Although many may despise Cicero’s high style, I find it really rewarding most of the time. His ample and refined prose but also his tendency to (a balanced!) magnificence reach […]
Cicero de Oratore 2.240, 276 (contributed by Mary Beard)
I have been thinking for a few years about what made Romans laugh (well elite male Romans). The truth is that the most extensive, interesting and funny discussions of ancient […]
in Catilinam 1.1.1-2
The opening lines from Cicero’s oration against Catiline. Stephen Jenkin quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos1 eludet? quem ad finem […]