Letter 21 (pg94) Flashcards
From
Cicero
To
Atticus
major events before letter
Antony had made himself quasi-dictator
He had offered Cassius and Brutus minor posts oversees
Dollabella had given Cicero a place as one of his staff
Servilia
mother of Brutus (had reputedly been Caesar’s mistresss
had powerfull connexions and substantial wealth
Porcia
Brutus’s wife
Tertia
Brutus’s half sister
Cassius’s wife
Decimus Junius Brutus
a relative of Brutus, one of the conspirators
Had fled to Cisalpine Gaul wasting his troops against Alpine tribes hoping to be awarded a triumph
executed in the proscription list the following year.
Brutus respect Cicero’s desicion, asks him for counsel, values him
Brutus was pleased I had come
he asked me what I advised
“I will go to Rome…If you think that is the right thing to do”
What course Cicero believed they should take
to accept the directorship of the corn supply from Asia
Cicero’s opinion of Brutus, what importance does he give him
“ensure his safety, since that was equivalent to safeguarding the Republic itself”
“his foolish talk”
Cassius’s reply to the corn supply directorship
practically breathing fire and slaughter
would not go to sicily
“am I to take an Insult as a favour?”
where does Cassius say he will go
to Achaia
Where will Brutus go
Asia, embarking from Antium
Where did Brutus first want to go before Cicero advised against it, why did Cicero do this
to Rome
He would not be safe there
Cicero shows his disspointment towards the conspirators
they ought to stop harping on the past
