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Episode 46: The Republic at Twilight (Cicero's Early Life)

Literature and History

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The Life and Times of Cicero

Between 91 and 88 BCE, Rome thought what historians call the Social War. The root cause of the Social War was a measure called the Lex Licinia Mucia. Cicero had a huge facility with oratori, whether in Latin or Greek. This ability would be his main propulsion of the Cursus honorum.

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