Cicero lived through some of the most turbulent years in the history of Rome and witnessed first-hand the overthrow of the republic and its replacement by the tyranny of Pompey, Caesar, Mark Antony, and Octavian. One of Rome's most memorable and keenly observant writers, his letters to friends and f
Selected Letters (Oxford World's Classics)
โ Scribed by Cicero, P. G. Walsh
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 404
- Series
- Oxford World's Classics
- Category
- Library
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