Cicero And The Fall Of The Roman Republic

Text extracted from opening pages of book: CICERO AND THE FALL OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC BY J. L. STRACHAN-DAVIDSON, M. A. FELLOW 01' BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK LONDON 27 WEST TWENTV-THIKI) STKEBT 24 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND {} c ftnichcrbockn $) rcj5S 1894 COPYKIGHT, 1894 BY G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Entered at Stationers 1 Electrotyped, Piinted and Bound by TZbc Iknicfcerbocfeer press, IRew G, P* Pui NAM'S CONTENTS. I'AOF I. CICERO'S TRAINING ( 106-74 B. C.) . . I II. ROMAN PARTIES AND STATESMEN ( 81-71 B. C.) 24 Til. - CICERO AS AN ADVOCATE. ATTICUS. CICERO'S FAMILY ( 71-67 B. C.) .... 52 IV. CICERO AS A MAGISTRATE ( 69-63 B. C.) . 8l V. CICERO AND CATILINE ( 63 B. C.). . . IIO VI. CICERO'S IDEAL PARTY ( 63-60 B. C.) . . 159 VII. THE FIRST TRIUMVIRATE ( 60-59 B - C -) 2O1 VIII. CICERO'S EXILE AND RETURN ( 58-56 B. C.) . 229 IX. ROME AFTER THE CONFERENCE OF LUCA ( 56-52 B. C.) 262 X. CICERO AS PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR. TIRO. C ELIUS. ROME ON THE EVE OF THE CIVIL WAR tSJ-S B - C -) 2 9S XL THE CIVIL WAR ( 49-47 B. C.) . . . 323 XII. CESAR'S DICTATORSHIP ( 47-44 H. C.) . . 345 XIII. CICERO AND ANTONY ( 44-43 B. C.) . . 380 INDEX ......... 431 iii ILLUSTRATIONS. FACE PAGE CICERO, FROM THE BUST IN THE ROYAL GALLERY IN MADRID Frontispiece ARPINUM l Duruy 4 CASCADE OF THE LIRIS .... Duruy IO SLING MISSILES FOUND AT ASCULUM . Dliruy 36 COIN STRUCK BY ITALIANS IN THE SOCIAL WAR. Diiruy 5 1 BUST OF HORTENSIUS, FROM BERNOUILLl'S Rd mische Ikonographie . . . . .62 COINS OF AGRIPPA AND DRUSUS . . * Cohctl 76 COIN OF MITHRIDATES .... Dliruy 86 COINS OF POMPEY . . . . . 3 Babeloti 86 WALLS OF FvESUL E ( FIESOLE) . . Dunty 122 FRIEZE OF THE TEMPLE OF CONCORD . Duruy 138 THE TULLIANUM: ANCIENT PRISON OF THE KINGS. Duruy 148 BONA DEA: THE GODDESS OF FERTILITY Duruy Ij2 COIN OF CAESAR, WITH HEAD OF VENUS Cohen IJ2 ANCIENT ROMAN AS Babelon 200 1 Duruy's History of Rome 2 Cohen and Fenardent, Description Historique des Monnaies pptes sous V Empire Romain 3 Babejon's Description des Monnaies de la Republique Romaine vi Illustrations. FACE PAGE THE THREE COLUMNS OF THE TEMPLE OF CASTOR. Duruy 232 LUCA . . ... Duruy 264 THE SHE-WOLF OF THE CAPITOL, . Dltruy-2& 2 RUINS OF THE CIRCUS OF EOVILL/ E . DllYUJ 286 COIN OF C. ESAR Coketl 326 COINS OF NERO AND AGRIPPINA . . Cohen 326 CAESAR, FROM THE BUST IN THE BRITlbH MUSEUM 346 COINS OF C SAR 350 COINS OF C/ ESAR, BRUTUS, AND ANTONY Cohen 382 COIN OF SEXTUS POMPEIUS . . . Babclon 382 THE YOUNG AUGUSTUS, FROM BAUMEISTER'S Ddlk mdler des klassischen Altertwm ., . 394 MAP OF THE CAMPAIGN ABOUT MUTINA ., .430 PREFACE is known of Cicero than of any other person of the ancient world, and almost in proportion to the knowledge is the con troversy of opinion concerning him. I formerly attempted a discus sion of some disputed points in articles in the Quarterly Review ( 1879 anc * 1880) on the writings of Mr. Froude and Mr. Beesley. Some paragraphs from these articles are incorporated in the present volume Here, however, my business is not to criticise but t narrate, and I have refrained even from the con futation of Drumann, with whose utterances I find myself at issue on almost every page. In writing Roman history it is impossible to escape from the influence of the genius of Mommsen. Sometimes by suggestion, sometimes by repulsion, his presence is always felt. I have likewise more especially to acknowledge the aid which I have receivedfrom the comments of Tyrrell and Purser, of Boissier, and of Watson. As a lecturer, constantly using Mr. Watson's Letters of Cicero for my text-book, I naturally appropriate the result of his labours, and cannot always clearly distinguish how much of my material is borrowed from him. CICERO, AND THE FALL OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC. CHAPTER I. CICERO'S TRAINING. 106-74 IJ. G. HE purpose of this volume is to tell the story of Cicero's life, and at the same time to set forth from his writings a presentation of the concluding age of the Roman Republic, and to record the