Cicero
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141 “It’s a problem for Archimedes” Att 240 (XII 4)
142 “As for our present times” Fam 177 (IX 2)
“Like the learned men of old” Fam 177 (IX 2)
“I have set up as schoolmaster” Fam 191 (IX 18)
143 “Hirtius … and Dolabella are my pupils” Fam 190 (IX 16)
“I assure you I had no idea she would be there” Fam 197 (IX 26)
“I even had the audacity” Fam 193 (IXD 20)
“Our bons vivants” Fam 210 (VII 26)
144 “Of course. It will be following orders” Plut Caes LIX 3
“I used to sit in the poop” Fam 196 (IX 15)
“Don’t think I am joking” Fam 196 (IX 15)
145 “for some reason he was extraordinarily patient” Att 371 (XIV 17)
Cicero’s jokes Plut Cic XXVI
“I hear that, having in his day compiled volumes of bons mots, Caesar” Fam 190 (IX 16)
146 “On November 26 …, at your brothers’ request” Fam 228 (VI 4)
147 “some semblance of reviving constitutional freedom” Fam 203 (IV 4)
“Whether for nature or for glory” Marc VII 8 21–25
The need for a Dictator Rep VI 12
Caesar comments on reading Cicero’s Cato Att 338 (XIII 46)
148 “I waste a lot of time” Fam 337 (XVI 21)
“She’ll be a woman tomorrow” Quintil VI 3 75
149 “As for your congratulations” Fam 240 (IV 14)
150 “threw them all into one attempt” Tusc III 76
“The things you like in me are gone for good” Att 251 (XII 14)
“In this lonely place” Att 252 (XII 15)
“I want you to find out” Att 270 (XII 30)
151 “I want to tell you of something” Fam 248 (IV 5)
“surely she too deserves” Lact I 15 18
152 “Today, for the first time” Plut Caes LVI 3
153 “Brutus reports that Caesar” Att 343 (XIII 40)
“Dolabella came this morning” Att 317 (XIII 9)
154 Young Quintus “is at it constantly” Att 346 (XIII 37)
Balbus and Oppius had “never read anything better” Att 348 (XIII 50)
155 Caesar dines with Cicero Att 353 (XIII 52)
156 Young Quintus’s conversation with Cicero Att 354 (XIII 42)
Chapter 12—Philosophical Investigations: 46–44 BC
157 “I have written more in this short time.… I cannot easily say” Off III i 4
158 “to nude figures” Brut LXXV 262
“they are deserted” Brut LXXXIV 289
“In the book called Hortensius” Div II 1ff.
159 “it was through my books” Div II 7
160 “the matter did not fit the persons” Att 326 (XIII 19)
161 “The whole life of the philosopher” Tusc I XXX 74–31 75
162 Caesar’s praise of Cicero Pliny VII 117
Chapter 13—“Why, This Is Violence!”: January–March 44 BC
The main sources for Caesar’s assassination are various lives by Plutarch, Nicolaus and Suetonius together with Appian and the other general historians.
163 “I should be an idiot” Att 356 (XIV 2)
164 “Come on, Faustus” Plut Brut IX 1–4
165 “By his generous action” Plut Cic XL 5
“We’d better get a move on” Plut Caes LVIII 1
166 “My name is Caesar” Dio XLIV 10 1
167 “The people offer this” Dio XLIV 11 3
“To Caius Caesar” Phil II 34
“Where did the diadem come from?” Phil II 85
168 “You, you, assassinated him” Phil XIII 41
Caesar’s diarrhea Dio XLIV 8
“I would prefer to hold the Consulship legally” Nic XX 70
169 “Brutus will wait for this piece of skin” Plut Brut VIII 3
“It’s not fat, longhaired fellows” Plut Brut VIII 2
“There is no fate worse” App II 109
“It is more important for Rome” Suet I 86
170 “I join you in praying” Plut Brut XV 4
“There has been enough kowtowing” Nic XXVI 96–97
171 “The city looked as if it had been captured by an enemy”
Nic XXIV 91
Chapter 14—The Heir: March–December 44 BC
In addition to the general historians Appian and Dio together with Plutarch, Cicero’s Philippics are an essential source together with his correspondence. Suetonius’s life of Augustus is also used.
172 “the Ides of March was a fine deed, but half done” Att 366
(XIV 12)
“A pity you didn’t invite me to dinner” Fam 363 (XII 14)
“If a man of Caesar’s genius” Att 355 (XIV 1)
173 “Congratulations” Fam 322 (VI 15)
174 Cicero criticizes Brutus’s speech Att 378 (XV 1a)
“What else could we have done?” Att 364 (XIV 10) Brutus’s and Cassius’s provinces. There were so many changes in the provincial allocations in 44 that it has proved hard to disentangle who received which province at what stage. The view is followed here that Julius Caesar designated Macedonia and Asia for Brutus and Cassius. A discussion of the subject can be found in Syme, 102ff.
175 “To think I saved the lives” App II 143–47
176 “more concerned about the composition of his menus” Att 357
(XIV 3)
“Advancing years are making me cantankerous” Att 375 (XIV 21)
177 “The Queen’s flight” Att 362 (XIV 8)
“I hope it’s true” Att 374 (XIV 20)
178 “Octavian is with me here” Att 366 (XIV 12)
179 “boy who owes everything to his name” Phil XIII 11 25
180 “Hold them back, Cicero” Att 386 (XV 6)
Conference with Brutus and Cassius Att 389 (XV 11)
181 “armor-proofing” of philosophy Fam 330 (XVI 23)
“Octavian, as I perceived” Att 390 (XV 12)
“How much longer are we going to be fooled?” Att 399 (XV 22)
“I suspect he’s romancing as usual” Att 408 (XV 29)
182 “You wouldn’t believe how delighted he was” Att 415 (XVI 7)
183 “Everyone thought he wasn’t speaking so much as spewing up” Fam 344 (XII 2)
184 “I am well aware of the criticisms” Fam 349 (XI 28)
“unscrupulous behavior of Caius Caesar” Off I 26 and 64
185 “You will learn to obey orders” App III 43
186 “He has great schemes afoot” Att 418 (XVI 8)
187 “I imagine he will have the city rabble behind him” Att 418 (XVI 8)
“Two letters for me from Octavian in one day” Att 419 (XVI 9)
188 “He was detained by a drinking bout” Phil III 8 20
189 “The boy is taking the steam out of Antony” Att 426 (XVI 15)
190 “Caesar on his own initiative” Phil III 2 5
191 “We have for the first time” Phil IV 6 16
“I did not mince my words” Fam 364 (X 28)
Chapter 15—Cicero’s Civil War: January–April 43 BC
The sources are the same as for the preceding chapter.
192 “this heaven-sent boy” Phil V 16 43
“I happen to know all the young man’s feelings” Phil V 18 51
193 “I give you notice” Phil VI 3 5
“I know them through and through” Fam 352 (XVI 27)
194 “My days and nights are passed in one sole care” Fam 362 (IX 24)
“I am sorry to hear you’ve given up dining out” Fam 362 (IX 24)
Cicero as popular leader App III 66
195 “I do not reject peace” Phil VII 6 199
196 “If I am not in error” Fam 365 (XII 5)
197 “I want you to know” Fam 366 (XII 11)
198 “If I may, I will remain in the city” Phil XII 10 24
“In my opinion, you will be wiser not to meddle” Fam 369 (X 27)
199 “the partner of
my counsels” Phil XIII 19 44 and 19 40
“locked together with their swords” App III 68
200 “I reaped the richest of rewards” Brut 7 (IX or I.3)
“not a spark of this abominable war is left alive” Fam 384 (X 14)
“AS for the boy Caesar” Brut 7 (IX or I.3)
Chapter 16—Death at the Seaside: April–November 43 BC
The sources are the same as for the preceding chapter. The account of Cicero’s death is based on Plutarch, Livy (quoted by Seneca the Elder) and Appian.
201 those who were rejoicing at the moment “will soon be sorry” Fam 409 (X 33)
202 “I am alarmed” Brut 11 (XII or I.4a)
“We’re not bragging every hour of the day.… You may say” Brut 17 (XXV or I.17)
“susceptible to scares” Fam 330 (XVI 23)
203 “the young man must get praises, honors—and the push” Fam 401 (XI 20)
“What is the use?” Fam 413 (XI 14)
204 “Our only protection was this lad” Fam (XXIII or I.15)
“Caesar’s army, which used to be excellent” Brut 23 (XXII or I.14)
“You thank him on public grounds in such a fashion” Brut 25 (XXIV or I.16)
Brutus should “lend support” Brut 26 (XXVI or I.18)
205 “As I write I am in great distress” Brut 26 (XXVI or I.18)
“as soon as I had an inkling” Brut 18 (XVIII or I.10)
“If you don’t give Caesar the Consulship” Dio XLVI 43
206 “I am doubly delighted” ACI 23B Watt
207 “The point was reached where a person was proscribed” App IV 5
The fate of Verres Pliny XXXIV 6
“they were quite overwhelmed” Plut Cic XLVII 1
208 “I will die in the country I have so often saved” Sen VI 17
“Then most of the crows” Plut Cic XLVII 6
209 “I am stopping here.… What if you’d come to me first?” Sen VI 19
“Has even a mediocre fighter ever let out a groan” Tusc II 17 41
“Now we can end the proscription” Plut Cic XLIX 1
210 Fulvia and Cicero’s head Dio XLVII 8 4
Chapter 17—Postmortems
211 “During the long flow of success” Sen VI 22
“This man’s works” Sen VI 24
“So died Cicero” Sen VI 23
212 Marcus throws a goblet at Agrippa Pliny XIV 147
Marcus appointed Augur “by way of apology” App IV 51
“In this way Heaven entrusted to the family of Cicero” Plut Cic XLIX 4
“Nature had stolen away Marcus’s memory” Sen VII 14
213 Augustus and his grandson Plut Cic XLIX 4
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ANTHONY EVERITT’S fascination with ancient Rome began when he studied classics in school and has persisted ever since. He read English literature at Cambridge University and served four years as secretary general of the Arts Council for Great Britain. A visiting professor of arts and cultural policy at Nottingham Trent University and City University, Everitt has written extensively on European culture and development and has contributed to the Guardian and Financial Times since 1994. Cicero, his first biography, was chosen by both Allan Massie and Andrew Roberts as the best book of the year in the United Kingdom. Anthony Everitt lives near Colchester, England’s first recorded town, founded by the Romans, and is working on a biography of Augustus.