Plutarch's Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero
By Plutarch (Rome)
The 'New Man' from Arpinum who rose to the consulship, uncovered the Catiline conspiracy, and defended the dying Roman Republic. Moral focus: Moral philosophy, civic duty, and the defense of constitutional order.
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Lesson 1: The Scholar from Arpinum
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Marcus Tullius Cicero
The Scholar from Arpinum
Excelling in poetry, law, and philosophy; studying rhetoric at Rhodes under Apollonius.
[Public Domain: Plutarch's Parallel Lives, translated by John Dryden / Thomas North.]
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Lesson 1: The Scholar from Arpinum
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Lesson 2: The Defense of Roscius against Sulla's Freedmen
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Lesson 3: The Impeachment of Verres
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Lesson 4: Consul of Rome: The 'New Man'
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Lesson 5: The Catiline Conspiracy Unmasked
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Lesson 6: The Night in the Tullianum & 'Vixerunt'
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Lesson 7: Pater Patriae: The Father of His Country
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Lesson 8: The Enmity of Clodius & The Sorrow of Exile
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Lesson 9: The Triumphal Recall to Rome
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Lesson 10: The Civil War & The Clemenza of Caesar
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Lesson 11: The Philippics against Mark Antony
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Lesson 12: The Villa at Formiae & The Roster of Proscription
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