Beacon Lights of History, Vol 3: Ancient Achievements by John Lord · Mentor New York
Cicero, Part 1
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As consul, Cicero's greatest service was ferreting out the conspiracy of Catiline, a traitor from Rome's highest aristocratic ranks.
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Cicero emerges as a major political and literary figure whose faults do not erase his lasting force.
John Lord treats Marcus Tullius Cicero as one of history's great lights, and the admiration is clear throughout. He casts Cicero as a genius whose influence helped preserve what was most precious in civilization, moving steadily from his place beside Caesar and Pompey to the…
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Cicero's politics, vanity, exile, and restoration, all under one grave Roman lamp.
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