Marcus Tullius Cicero by Ana Rhinehart https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3 Roman Lawyer en-us 2022-10-20 11:46:29 UTC 2025-12-18 21:15:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2651.png Birth - January 3rd 106 BC rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348891806 2022-10-20 11:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348891806 Death - 7 December 43 BC rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348898359 His head and hands were cut off and placed on the Rostrum (speaker’s platform) in the Forum in Rome at Antony’s behest: a symbol of the ultimate end of free speech, and of the free Roman Republic]]> 2022-10-20 11:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348898359 Cicero began his public career as an advocate (i.e. arguing cases in court) during a time of civil war: from 88-80 BCE rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348909846 2022-10-20 12:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348909846 In 80 BCE he [successfully] defended Sextius Roscius, bringing him into conflict with members of Sulla’s regime. rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348910485 2022-10-20 12:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348910485 76 BCE: recently married Terentia, who now gave birth to his daughter Tullia rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348911071 2022-10-20 12:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348911071 Cicero’s first public office: quaestor (financial official) in 75 BCE rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348916233 2022-10-20 12:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348916233 His son Marcus would be born in 65 BCE rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348916788 2022-10-20 12:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348916788 Cicero served as quaestor in western Sicily in 75 BC and demonstrated honesty and integrity in his dealings with the inhabitants rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348923581 2022-10-20 12:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348923581 69: elected aedile, 66: elected praetor (judicial official) rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348931532 2022-10-20 12:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2348931532 63 BCE: elected and served as consul (thus earning status of nobility) rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350581086 2022-10-21 11:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350581086 Cicero unites the discordant, violently opposed political factions (nobles, popularists) behind his effort to uncover and defeat a serious conspiracy to overthrow the government rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350581286 2022-10-21 11:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350581286 In 60 BCE, Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, and Crassus formed a 3-way alliance called “the First Triumvirate" rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350581515 2022-10-21 11:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350581515 In the 60s and 50s, Cicero faced backlash for his actions from his political enemies rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350582345 2022-10-21 11:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350582345 58 BCE: his enemy Clodius Pulcher passed a law that got Cicero sent into exile for executing citizens without trial. Clodius razed Cicero’s house and set up a temple to Libertas (liberty) on the site rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350582516 2022-10-21 11:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350582516 In 57 BCE, political conditions changed, and Cicero got recalled from exile rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350583117 2022-10-21 11:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350583117 During the 50s, when gang violence and the “First Triumvirate” dominated politics, Cicero was thus respected for his eloquence, but left without real power rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350584370 2022-10-21 11:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350584370 Around 50 BCE, Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar were drifting toward a civil war rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350593100 2022-10-21 12:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350593100 After 49 BCE, Caesar started a civil war that dragged on until about 45 BCE rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350593470 2022-10-21 12:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350593470 In the 40s BCE, Cicero divorced his wife Terentia (51 BCE) and then married Publilia, a young women who had been his ward rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350593892 2022-10-21 12:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350593892 March 15, 44 BCE: Caesar is assassinated. Cicero was not made privy to it, though he was sympathetic to the act. rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350594716 2022-10-21 12:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350594716 His last return to the spotlight came, then, in 44-43 BCE as he led the Senate in its support of Brutus and Cassius rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350595476 2022-10-21 12:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350595476 Cicero delivered a series of 14 scathing speeches (invectives) against Antony called The Philippics, in 44-43 BCE. Along with his 4 Against Catiline speeches rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350596036 2022-10-21 12:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350596036 In November 43 BCE, Marc Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian formed the “2nd Triumvirate" rhineharta2 https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350596486 2022-10-21 12:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rhineharta2/jugzxmibybzdjdx3/wish/2350596486