Sallust
Historian who wrote after the death of julius caesar
Cicero
Consul
Novos homo from equestrian class
Orator/ lawyer
Where was Cicero born?
Arpinum
Where did Cicero die?
Formia
How did Cicero die?
Cut off his hands
Cut out his tongue
Beheaded him
Nailed hands and tongue to walls of Rome
Tullia
Cicero’s favorite child
Claudius Pulcher
Forced Cicero into exile
Cicero’s speeches
Pro Caelio
In Catilinam
Cicero’s Essays
De Amicitia (Friendship)
De Senectute (Old Age)
Cicero’s Letters
Ad Atticum
Ad Quintum
Ad Familiares
Number of Cicero’s letters in existence
800
Number of Speeches against Catiline
4
Location of first Speech
Temple of Jupiter stator
(To bring patriotism)
Location of last speech
Temple of Concordia
(Wanted everyone in agreement)
Usual meeting place for the Senate
Curia
Minimum age for Consul
43
Cicero’s nickname after the conspiracy
Pater Patriae
Age Cicero assumed toga virilis
16
Number of months Cicero spent in exile
16-18
Eastern province governed by Cicero after returning from exile
Sicilia
Antonius
Co- consul sympathetic to cause
Catiline
(Lucius Sergius Catilina)
Ran for consul vs. Cicero
Conspirator to overthrow Rome
Manlius
Conspirator
Right hand man to Catiline
In Faesulae (N of Rome)
5 executed without a trial
Executed just before battle
Cethegus
Lentulus (senator)
Statilius
Caeparius
Gabinius
Quintus Curius
Fulvia was his mistress
Eventually confesses to Cicero and gets immunity
Fulvia
Quintus Curius’s mistress who tells Cicero
Decimus Silanus
Consul Elect
Parrots Cicero then is swayed by Caesar
(Pro -> No execution)
Julius Caesar
Exile instead of execution
Possible conspirator
Problem: exile costs a lot
Cato
Senator
Pro-execution for all
Titus Vulturcius
Ambassador for Allobroges
Allobroges
Tribe from Gual
In Rome for help
Pretended to be part of conspiracy
Tullianum
Execution chamber
Terentia
Cicero’s wife, scary
Publia
Cicero’s second wife
Divorced because she was happy Tullia died
Verres
Governor of Sicily after Cicero
Tried by Cicero for stealing from people
Titus Pomponius
Atticus
Cicero’s BFF
Called Atticus because he studied in Attica, Greece
Pompeii the Great
In charge of army in Greece
Got power from Manilian law
Deaths
1. Tullia
2. Quintus
3. Terentia
1. Crassus
2. Caesar
3. Cicero
Speeches
1. Verrine
2. Catilinarian
3. Philippes
Cicero’s office
1. Quaestor
2. Aedile
3. Praetor
Births
1. Cicero
2. Caesar
3. Octavian