This man's consulship was celebrated by a now lost poem which may have contained the quote "fortunate Rome, born with me as consul," and this man lashed out at a rival when he read one of this man's personal letters in public.
This man's consulship was celebrated by a now lost poem which may have contained the quote "fortunate Rome, born with me as consul," and this man lashed out at a rival when he read one of this man's personal letters in public. This man's brother fended of a siege of the Nervi under Ambiorix while serving as legatus, and this man himself served under Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo. This politician began his career as a novus homo from Arpinum and studied under Molon of Rhodes, and after his death Fulvia stabbed his tongue with a pin after his head and hands were nailed to the rostra. This man delivered a speech in the Temple of Jupiter Stator after intercepting letters with the Allobroges and revealing a plot to take over the city in 63 B.C. For 10 points, name this politician who foiled the Catilinarian conspiracy and was murdered at the behest of Marc Antony in 43 B.C, a famed Roman orator.
This man's consulship was celebrated by a now lost poem which may have contained the quote "fortunate Rome, born with me as consul," and this man lashed out at a rival when he read one of this man's personal letters in public.
Marcus Tullius Cicero