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Letter 18 (pg89) Flashcards

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From

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Cicero

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to

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Atticus

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Date

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19 December 45BC

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important events before letter

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In the previous year Cicero had praised Cato (Caesars arch-republican enemy)

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45BC Cicero could have acted as a helper to Caesar, how? why not?

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drafted an open letter to the dictator about future methods of government, the criticism of his friends decided him against sending it

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Gaius Marcius Philippus

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stepfather of the future Augustus

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Mamurra

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a nouveau rich senior officer of Caesar’s in Gaul (the news brought to Caesar in this letter may have been his death)

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Lucius Cornelius Balbus

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an enormously wealthy spaniard, he and Oppius were Caesar’s chief ministers

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Rough outline

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to describe Caesar coming to his villa for dinner

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genuin praise for Caesar

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a formidable guest

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enjoyed it

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everything went very pleasantly indeed

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dissproves of the many soldiers that accompanied Caesar

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the house was so full of soldiers that there was hardly a room free for Caesar himself to have dinner

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amount of soldiers with Caesar

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two thousand men

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up until one o’clock caesar

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stayed with Philippus and let no one in, he was doing accounts with Balbus

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after one Caesar

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went for a walk on the shore

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after two Caesar

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had a bath

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what news was brought to Caesar? his reaction?

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told about Mammurra “there was no change in his expression”

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before dinner Caesar

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had an oil massage

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Cicero describes the meal as

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good talk and in a word agreeable

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what did they talk about

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we talked no serious politics, but a good deal about literary matters

21
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Caesar did like it

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he liked it and enjoyed himself

22
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Cicero did not fully enjoy it

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I found it a bother

Once is enough

23
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They were on the same level

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we were human beings together

24
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icero was at first worried about the soldiers

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i was distinctly alarmed

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