Category: Roman Republic

  • Cicero – A New Man

    Cicero – A New Man

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    ‘If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need‘ – Cicero  Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106 – 43 BC After building a career as a skillful barrister in the law courts, and putting down the Cataline insurrection, Cicero had not only become a shrewd politican, but one of the best orators and…

  • Who was Julius Caesar?

    Who was Julius Caesar?

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    In his The Life of Julius Caesar, par. 45-53 (translated by J.C. Rolfe), the ancient Roman historian Suetonius describes the appearance of Gaius Julius Caesar as follows: “They say he was tall, fair-skinned, well-built, with a full face, black and lively eyes. He was distinguished by excellent health: only towards the end of his life…