190 “Caesar on his own initiative” Phil III 2 5
191 “We have for the first time” Phil IV 6 16
“I did not mince my words” Fam 364 (X 28)
Chapter 15—Cicero’s Civil War: January–April 43 BC
The sources are the same as for the preceding chapter.
192 “this heaven-sent boy” Phil V 16 43
“I happen to know all the young man’s feelings” Phil V 18 51
193 “I give you notice” Phil VI 3 5
“I know them through and through” Fam 352 (XVI 27)
194 “My days and nights are passed in one sole care” Fam 362 (IX 24)
“I am sorry to hear you’ve given up dining out” Fam 362 (IX 24)
Cicero as popular leader App III 66
195 “I do not reject peace” Phil VII 6 199
196 “If I am not in error” Fam 365 (XII 5)
197 “I want you to know” Fam 366 (XII 11)
198 “If I may, I will remain in the city” Phil XII 10 24
“In my opinion, you will be wiser not to meddle” Fam 369 (X 27)
199 “the partner of my counsels” Phil XIII 19 44 and 19 40
“locked together with their swords” App III 68
200 “I reaped the richest of rewards” Brut 7 (IX or I.3)
“not a spark of this abominable war is left alive” Fam 384 (X 14)
“AS for the boy Caesar” Brut 7 (IX or I.3)
Chapter 16—Death at the Seaside: April–November 43 BC
The sources are the same as for the preceding chapter. The account of Cicero’s death is based on Plutarch, Livy (quoted by Seneca the Elder) and Appian.
201 those who were rejoicing at the moment “will soon be sorry” Fam 409 (X 33)
202 “I am alarmed” Brut 11 (XII or I.4a)
“We’re not bragging every hour of the day.… You may say” Brut 17 (XXV or I.17)
“susceptible to scares” Fam 330 (XVI 23)
203 “the young man must get praises, honors—and the push” Fam 401 (XI 20)
“What is the use?” Fam 413 (XI 14)
204 “Our only protection was this lad” Fam (XXIII or I.15)
“Caesar’s army, which used to be excellent” Brut 23 (XXII or I.14)
“You thank him on public grounds in such a fashion” Brut 25 (XXIV or I.16)
Brutus should “lend support” Brut 26 (XXVI or I.18)
205 “As I write I am in great distress” Brut 26 (XXVI or I.18)
“as soon as I had an inkling” Brut 18 (XVIII or I.10)
“If you don’t give Caesar the Consulship” Dio XLVI 43
206 “I am doubly delighted” ACI 23B Watt
207 “The point was reached where a person was proscribed” App IV 5
The fate of Verres Pliny XXXIV 6
“they were quite overwhelmed” Plut Cic XLVII 1
208 “I will die in the country I have so often saved” Sen VI 17
“Then most of the crows” Plut Cic XLVII 6
209 “I am stopping here.… What if you’d come to me first?” Sen VI 19
“Has even a mediocre fighter ever let out a groan” Tusc II 17 41
“Now we can end the proscription” Plut Cic XLIX 1
210 Fulvia and Cicero’s head Dio XLVII 8 4
Chapter 17—Postmortems
211 “During the long flow of success” Sen VI 22
“This man’s works” Sen VI 24
“So died Cicero” Sen VI 23
212 Marcus throws a goblet at Agrippa Pliny XIV 147
Marcus appointed Augur “by way of apology” App IV 51
“In this way Heaven entrusted to the family of Cicero” Plut Cic XLIX 4
“Nature had stolen away Marcus’s memory” Sen VII 14
213 Augustus and his grandson Plut Cic XLIX 4
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ANTHONY EVERITT’S fascination with ancient Rome began when he studied classics in school and has persisted ever since. He read English literature at Cambridge University and served four years as secretary general of the Arts Council for Great Britain. A visiting professor of arts and cultural policy at Nottingham Trent University and City University, Everitt has written extensively on European culture and development and has contributed to the Guardian and Financial Times since 1994. Cicero, his first biography, was chosen by both Allan Massie and Andrew Roberts as the best book of the year in the United Kingdom. Anthony Everitt lives near Colchester, England’s first recorded town, founded by the Romans, and is working on a biography of Augustus.