Volume XXIV, Letters to Atticus: Volume III (Loeb Classical Library)

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Author: Cicero

ISBN-10: 0674995732

ISBN-13: 9780674995734

Category: Ancient Letters

In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other of his correspondents except, perhaps, his brother. These letters, in this four-volume series, also provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history—years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic.\ When the correspondence begins in November 68 BCE the 38-year-old Cicero is a notable figure in Rome: a brilliant lawyer and orator, who has achieved primacy at the Roman bar and a...

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This edition by D.R. Shackleton Bailey, which replaces the Winstedt one, contains full explanatory notes.

Letters 166–281