At the end of the previous paragraph, we left Antony with Caesar in furthest Gaul (54 BCE). Now we have moved on a year: in the summer or fall of 53, Antony returned to Rome to stand for election to the quaestorship. His quest for public office coincided with the hot phase of street brawling between the gangs of Clodius and Milo that ended with the former dead and the latter exiled for his murder. Antony’s role in all of this was marginal at best, but Cicero had his reasons for dwelling on th..
With opinion in Rome turning against him and his year of consular power nearing its end, Antony atte...
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a pivotal character in the transitional period from the end of the Roman R...
Cicero is winding down the discussion of Antony’s augural objections to the consulship of Dolabella....
In the face of Octavian's large and capable force, Antony saw the danger of staying in Rome and, to ...
§§ 48–50a are devoted to Antony’s public career in the 50s BCE. At the opening of § 48, we are in Ro...
Cicero now returns to the issue of the (fake) auspices that Antony produced to challenge the validit...
Cicero follows up on his claim in the previous paragraph that Antony ought to have been killed a lon...
Mark Antony was amassing political support, but Octavian still had the opportunity to rival him as t...
Cicero here revisits the tense period right after Caesar’s assassination, 15–17 March. Here is a bri...
In March 45, Antony left Narbo in Southern Gaul for a surprise visit to Rome that caused some conste...
Around 20 May 44 BCE, Antony returned to Rome — together with several thousand veterans settled at C...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-106).Just before the end of the Roman Republic, Cicer...
Cicero continues to blast Antony for his conduct in Southern Italy. His attack is three-pronged: a b...
Cicero now moves on to a vivid account of what happened on 15 February 44 BCE. He starts with Caesar...
On 1 January 42 BC, the Senate posthumously recognized Julius Caesar as a divinity of the Roman stat...
With opinion in Rome turning against him and his year of consular power nearing its end, Antony atte...
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a pivotal character in the transitional period from the end of the Roman R...
Cicero is winding down the discussion of Antony’s augural objections to the consulship of Dolabella....
In the face of Octavian's large and capable force, Antony saw the danger of staying in Rome and, to ...
§§ 48–50a are devoted to Antony’s public career in the 50s BCE. At the opening of § 48, we are in Ro...
Cicero now returns to the issue of the (fake) auspices that Antony produced to challenge the validit...
Cicero follows up on his claim in the previous paragraph that Antony ought to have been killed a lon...
Mark Antony was amassing political support, but Octavian still had the opportunity to rival him as t...
Cicero here revisits the tense period right after Caesar’s assassination, 15–17 March. Here is a bri...
In March 45, Antony left Narbo in Southern Gaul for a surprise visit to Rome that caused some conste...
Around 20 May 44 BCE, Antony returned to Rome — together with several thousand veterans settled at C...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-106).Just before the end of the Roman Republic, Cicer...
Cicero continues to blast Antony for his conduct in Southern Italy. His attack is three-pronged: a b...
Cicero now moves on to a vivid account of what happened on 15 February 44 BCE. He starts with Caesar...
On 1 January 42 BC, the Senate posthumously recognized Julius Caesar as a divinity of the Roman stat...
With opinion in Rome turning against him and his year of consular power nearing its end, Antony atte...
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a pivotal character in the transitional period from the end of the Roman R...
Cicero is winding down the discussion of Antony’s augural objections to the consulship of Dolabella....