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Episode XXIV - Cicero

Emperors of Rome

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Cicero's Extreme Self-Control

I feel that Antony would have had a list which said right what do I need to do today? Okay I still need to kill Cicero and that's always going to be your Antony's list. So how does he die then? Well Antony puts Cicero on a prescription list and sends a soldier to kill him. And when the soldier arrives Cicero says to him there is nothing proper about what you're doing soldier but do try to kill me properly. So he's very resigned to his fate then. Yes, yes that's right and that's kind of that influence of Greek philosophy particularly Hellenistic philosophy where it's about emotional self-control. Most elite Romans would

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