Cicero Context

Cicero Context

1. Roman Republic (509 - 27 bc)

   • Augustus Caeser became Rome's first Emperor in 27 BCE
   • 'No King'
   • Slave society (particularily as foreign wars yielded more slaves)
   • Twelve Tables (charter of basic laws) including the sanctity and security of private property
     • In De Republica Cicero is a great ambassador of Private property

2. Wrote De Officiis and De Lege

3. Marcus Tullius Cicero

   • Born in 106 BCE
   • Murdered on 7th December 43 BCE on order of Mark Anthony
   • The greatest of all Roman Orators, and a fantastic lawyer
   • Became Consul at 42
   • Hostile to warlords and those that called for reform alike
   • Against redistribution of land to the poor
     • Invective against Catiline conspirators and Gracchi Brothers

4. Aristocrat but wanted the people to be recognised to preserve liberty for all