Marcus Tullius Cicero

Everything Everywhere Daily by Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

Sep 27, 202617:08Society & Culture

In the final decades of the Roman Republic, power increasingly belonged to men who commanded armies. Yet one man rose to the highest levels of Roman politics without conquering territory or leading legions. His weapons w...

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