Who Is Julius Caesar's Letters According To Odysseus
Cicero's Letters
62 BC - to Pompey in Asia Minor (Rome, summer): evidence for obsequious behaviour - 'I rely on you so completely'; reference to their political amisitia - 'join you as a friend as well as an ally'; reference to the Catilinarian Conspiracy ((CC) 63 BC) - 'I have done the right thing', 'national interest', 'I have achieved things'; seeks approval of his Concordia Ordinum - 'soldier and statesmen'.
59 BC - to Atticus on his way to Epirus (Rome, Jun/Jul): discussion of the political situation, and gerneral discontent with the Triumvirate - 'anxious suspense', 'everyone groans at the political situation', 'muzzled', 'oppression'; fear of a dictatorship - 'free for much longer'; discontent with how he's acted, lessening auctoritas …show more content…
Unless he hangs himself'; discussion of Quintus Jr.'s behaviour - 'exceedingly cross' (Quintus elder), 'unwilling to receive Quintus'.
45 BC - to Atticus (Puteoli, 19th December): discussion of Caesar's visit positives and negatives - 'no regrets', 'pleasantly', 'full of soldiers... two thousand men', 'once is enough', 'I found it a bother', 'not disagreeable'; mentions one of Caesar's controversial officials 'Balbus'; self appraisal - 'lacked for nothing', 'entertained in style.
44 BC - to Atticus (Lanuvium, 9/10th April): mentions general caos after Caesar's assassination - 'boiling up'; aknowledges that the removal of Caesar doesn't mean the automatic return of the Republic - 'recovery of freedom did not mean the revival of free government'; mentions the threat of Sextus Pompey (Pomey's remaining son) - 'afraid... of where Sextus will end up'; day when Caesar was assassinated and his relief - 'Ides of March are a
62 BC - to Pompey in Asia Minor (Rome, summer): evidence for obsequious behaviour - 'I rely on you so completely'; reference to their political amisitia - 'join you as a friend as well as an ally'; reference to the Catilinarian Conspiracy ((CC) 63 BC) - 'I have done the right thing', 'national interest', 'I have achieved things'; seeks approval of his Concordia Ordinum - 'soldier and statesmen'.
59 BC - to Atticus on his way to Epirus (Rome, Jun/Jul): discussion of the political situation, and gerneral discontent with the Triumvirate - 'anxious suspense', 'everyone groans at the political situation', 'muzzled', 'oppression'; fear of a dictatorship - 'free for much longer'; discontent with how he's acted, lessening auctoritas …show more content…
Unless he hangs himself'; discussion of Quintus Jr.'s behaviour - 'exceedingly cross' (Quintus elder), 'unwilling to receive Quintus'.
45 BC - to Atticus (Puteoli, 19th December): discussion of Caesar's visit positives and negatives - 'no regrets', 'pleasantly', 'full of soldiers... two thousand men', 'once is enough', 'I found it a bother', 'not disagreeable'; mentions one of Caesar's controversial officials 'Balbus'; self appraisal - 'lacked for nothing', 'entertained in style.
44 BC - to Atticus (Lanuvium, 9/10th April): mentions general caos after Caesar's assassination - 'boiling up'; aknowledges that the removal of Caesar doesn't mean the automatic return of the Republic - 'recovery of freedom did not mean the revival of free government'; mentions the threat of Sextus Pompey (Pomey's remaining son) - 'afraid... of where Sextus will end up'; day when Caesar was assassinated and his relief - 'Ides of March are a