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Cicero's Essays on Old Age and Friendship, Also His Paradoxes
Cicero's Essays on Old Age and Friendship Also His Paradoxes Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: him to a seat in the Senate, and five years later conducted his celebrated impeachment of the praetor Veres, causing him to withdraw into exile without awaiting ... more »the result of a trial. The impeachment of Veres was followed very shortly by the oration in support of the Manilian law. The Manilian law, so-called, because proposed by the tribune Caius Manilius, provided for the extension of the command of Pompey in the East. Power like this was quite inconsistent with the republican institutions of Rome, and the proposed passage of such a law therefore naturally gave rise to much opposition. Cicero by the magic of his eloquence convinced the law-makers, and the Manilian law was enrolled on the statute books. Three years later Cicero was elected Consul. In this office he distinguished himself chiefly by his suppression of the famous Catalinian conspiracy. So well did he conduct the investigation which led to the detection and punishment of the conspirators that he called forth the encomiums of all classes of people, and won for himself the title " Parens patriae." Through the influence of Caesar and Clodius, both of whom he had offended, Cicero was compelled to fly from Rome. A little over a year later, the people havingwearied of the extravagances of those who were in power, longed to have him back. He was accordingly recalled, and the Senate decreed a vote of thanks to those of the Italian cities who, disregarding a former decree, had been kind to the orator and offered him shelter and protection. Shortly after his return his enemy Clodius was killed by T. Annius Milo. Milo, who was a candidate for the Consulship, was strenuously opposed by Clodius. The two leaders having met by chance, together with their followers, engaged in a brawl, which resulted in the death of Cl...« less