AbstractsPolitical Science
The political relationship between Caesar and Cicero to the conclusion of the Civil War.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Classics. |
| Degree: | MA. |
| Year: | 1943 |
| Keywords: | Caesar, Julius – Political and social views.; Cicero, Marcus Tullius – Political and social views.; Rome – Politics and government – 265-30 B.C. |
| Record ID: | 1560167 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile128138.pdf |
Abstract
period of turmoil, anarchy, and bloodshed thatbrought to a close the Roman Republic set upon the stage ofhistory two figures which seem to share the honors of thetime. The names of Cicero and Caesar are almost synonymouswith the last days of the Roman Republic. And yet these menin family, character, and ambition were the antithesis ofeach other. Marcus Tullius Cicero belonged to the equestrianclass.[...]
