Beacon Lights of History, Vol 3: Ancient Achievements by John Lord · Mentor New York
Cicero, Part 2
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Cicero returns to Rome at the height of his fame, only to see liberty about to perish under Caesar and Pompey.
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Cicero becomes the measure of Rome's failing republic.
John Lord frames Cicero's return to Rome as a tragedy of public life: a man past fifty, at the peak of forensic fame, watching liberty slip toward ruin.
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