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The Rise and Fall of Brutus

The Ancients

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Cicero and the Greatest Herodotus

In his twenties at that time cicero is very bold. He takes a stand against pompey and caesar, who are sort of functioning in an alliance with crassus. It seems he takes the stands against them at the beginning, but then he doesn't have the moxy ike to see it through. And so when he finally is recalled from exog cicero gets sent to exile in the east - just like cato had. But this time it's an official exile. When cicero returns, he just starts becoming a lackey for pompeY and caesar. The one who has just totally fallen por is the legendary figure of c

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