Cicero's Impact On Catiline

With Cicero victory over Catiline it showed that the equites were moving above the established nobles. This further promoted the theme that Cicero as a “new man” and will make the republic new and better. He opposed the bill proposed by S. Rullus and his noble faction dealing with agrarian reform. However, he could not stop all future proposal by the noble grouping. Cicero started to again make his own popular claims with the policy of trying to establish harmony in the Roman Republic. However, Cicero had to deal with Catiline and his intentions to slow down and work against Cicero’s process.

Catiline lost again in the election of 63 BC and started to plan and carry out an armed uprising and arson in Rome. However, Cicero found out and collected

He was a follower of Caesar. In danger, Cicero will leave Rome for his safety from Clodius and his followings, trying to turn to Pompey for protection he received none probably from his refusal from joining the First Triumvirate. His property was confiscated and his house burned. Clodius proposed a bill that forbade the execution of a Roman citizen without a public trial and also declared Cicero an exile. Cicero did have the support from the Senate to carry out the executions but this will not matter to his opponents. While in exile, Cicero travelled first to Thessalonica and then to Illyrium. With time and political maneuvering from Pompey and the tribune T. A. Milo along with the background support from good friend Atticus, Cicero was recalled. Then in the winter, Cicero will try to separate Pompey from Caesar but this was unsuccessful as the three renewed the alliance in the spring. Seeing this he will align himself with the three and take some time for writing on the matter with the speech “On the Consular Provinces.” He will continue to write and in the next few year he finished his work “On the Orator” and “On the Republic.” In 52 BC Clodius was killed by Milo however, Cicero will fail in the defence of Milo on the incident. In the same year he started his work “On

There was a decree that past official that had not governed a province now had to. While governor, the Parthians will threaten to attack. However, this did not amount to anything but words. He will continue to serve his serve his year as provincial governor with usual mildness and justice. The Senate acknowledge the good job that Cicero did in Cilicia. After his year in Cilicia, he returned to Rome and found a struggle between Pompey and Caesar. Cicero contacted and show some interest in giving his support to both Pompey and Caesar. However, he finally decided that Caesar was harmful to the Roman Republic and the Senate with his authoritarian tendencies. Pompey aligned himself closer to the Senate, which was held in high esteem with Cicero. His lack of direct involvement produced another period of scholarly literature. Caesar was triumphant over Pompey and became dictator over Rome. Caesar will gain try to gain the support of Cicero, but Cicero could not work against the republic and his goals. Cicero then turned back to his writings and kept a lower