The Tusculan Disputations

Cicero's love of Greek and rhetorical prowess were not the only features of his personal history to make themselves felt in his histories of philosophy. He was forced to leave Rome under the first triumvirate when Rome was ruled by Caesar together with Crassus and Pompey. Most of Cicero's philosophical works were written in the mid-40s BC while he was cast into the political wilderness. His beloved daughter died in childbirth in 45 BC, a key theme of Hellenistic philosophy had a deep resonance for Cicero.