Classical Studies 2301A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cleopatra, Theatre Of Ancient Rome, Ptolemy Xii Auletes
24 Apr 2014
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The five things: title, we"re reading one of cicero"s courtroom speeches, most commonly known in latin as the. Pro caelio, translated in your book as in defense of marcus caelius: author, marcus tullius cicero, or just cicero, was a roman politician who lived from 106 43 bce. He was an optimate and a novus homo (first member of his family to hold consulship: date, cicero delivered the speech in 56 bce. This was less than a decade after the catilinarian: it"s also worth noting that in 52 bce, the year in which clodius was killed, both caelius and conspiracy. In 56 bce, lucius sempronius atratinus, son of lucius calpurnius bestia, and (maybe) publius. Clodius pulcher prosecuted marcus caelius rufus on the charge of vis (political violence). In the middle of the first century, rome was increasingly involved in egyptian politics, and the king in. Alexandria was ptolemy xii (the father of cleopatra vii).
