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He was seen as a poor follower
- The conspirators in Julius Caesar did not want Cicero to join them because he was seen as a poor follower. Brutus argued that Cicero would never follow anything that other men began, indicating he was too arrogant and wanted to lead rather than follow. This could lead to unnecessary complications or even risk him leaking their plan.
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- Rome's Economic Crisis
- Catiline Versus Cicero
- Catiline's Dark Past
- The Conspiracy
- Letters of Proof
- The Conspirators Arrested
- Aftermath
The year 63 BCE saw Rome as a city of almost one million residents, governing an empire that ranged from Hispania in the west to Syria in Middle East and from Gaul in the north to the deserts of Africa. Outside the eternal city, in the provinces, the next few decades would bring a strengthening of the borders - Pompey battling King Mithridates of P...
At the center of this turmoil were two men - Lucius Sirgius Catiline and Marcus Tullius Cicero. Catiline was a near bankrupt aristocrat, while Cicero, his most outspoken adversary, was a renowned orator and statesman as well as a philosopher and poet. Catiline was from a distinguished patrician family - his great-grandfather had fought against Hann...
The two men initially came to blows during the election for the consulship in 64 BCE. Catiline used his own money as well as the money of others - he actually went further into debt - to win the election, only to finish third. Unfortunately, he lost to an “outsider” Cicero and Gaius Antonius Hybrida. In actuality Hybrida's reputation was little bet...
Shortly after the election and Catiline's defeat, Cicero began to hear rumblings of a conspiracy - the plan to assassinate several of the government's prominent officials (Cicero included) and burn the city. The information, which many would at first question its authenticity, came from a woman named Fulvia, the mistress of the Quintus Curius, a fr...
About this time a number of unsigned letters addressed to various Romansenators were delivered to Crassus; his letter warned him to leave Rome. Crassus accompanied by two senators went directly to Cicero. Crassus said the letters were from an unnamed source but many believed this person to be a friend of Cicero and Catiline, Caelius. Cicero convene...
Further information on the status of the plot forming outside the city came from an unlikely source. The Allobroges from Gaul were in the city appealing to the Senate for relief from the burdensome taxes they were being forced to pay. Several conspirators confronted them, urging them to join in their plans by instigating a revolt in Gaul. After the...
All of Catiline's plans had failed. He and his army tried to escape across the Apennine Mountains but were intercepted. Of his supposed 20,000 troops, three-fourths had deserted him. He was defeated and killed. The plot came to an end. Although he had success as a consul, a writer and poet, Cicero always believed his fight against Catiline was his ...
- Donald L. Wasson
The prevailing opinion among scholars of the period is that, although Cicero was certainly a political opponent of Caesar's and wrote a number of speeches (the...
The Catiline Conspiracy, while a well-documented event in Roman history, has not been without its share of controversies and debates among historians. One of the primary sources of information about the conspiracy is Cicero himself, through his Catilinarian Orations. However, relying on Cicero's account presents challenges.
Cicero was not involved in the conspiracy, even though the conspirators were sure of his sympathy. Marcus Junius Brutus called out Cicero's name, asking him to "restore the Republic" when he lifted the bloodstained dagger after the assassination. [29]
Dec 16, 2009 · Cicero was not asked to join the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar in 44 B.C., but he was quick to celebrate it after the fact.
Though Cassius wants to include him in the conspiracy, given the persuasive potential of his age and eloquence, Brutus rejects this idea on the grounds that Cicero isn’t a follower. He is executed under Antony .
