LoginCicero, XXII: Letters to Atticus, Volume I (Loeb Classical Library)
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In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other of his correspondents except, perhaps, his brother. These letters, in this four-volume series, also provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history--years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic.
When the correspondence begins in November 68 BCE the 38-year-old Cicero is a notable figure in Rome: a brilliant lawyer and orator, who has achieved primacy at the Roman bar and a political career that would culminate in the Consulship in 63. Over the next twenty-four years--to November 44, a year before he was p
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Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
Release date: 16 February 1999
ISBN-10 : 0674995716 | ISBN-13: 9780674995710
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Release date: 16 February 1999
ISBN-10 : 0674995716 | ISBN-13: 9780674995710
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