Cicero

For translation help on the Pro Caelio, click here or here.

What do we need to know about Cicero?

Timeline:

• • 106 B.C. : Born into an equestrian family -- define equestrian

  • He started writing in his early 20's

  • 66 B.C.: Cicero became consul; unusual for a novus homo to become consul (define novus homo)

  • 58 B.C.: Cicero exiled for the first time for having the Catiline conspirators executed (by retroactive decree, pushed by Clodius)

  • 56 B.C.: Cicero gives the Pro Caelio

  • 43 B.C.: Cicero's murder, and what happened to him

Be able to identify the following historical figures as they relate to Cicero:

• • Sulla

  • Pompey

  • Catiline

  • Clodius

  • Clodia

  • Caelius

  • Atratinus

  • Julius Caesar

  • Mark Antony

The six parts to a speech:

1. exordium: the introduction of the case

2. narratio: a statement of the facts of the case

3. divisio: an outline of the major points of the case

4. confirmatio: proof of the case

5. refutatio: the refutation of the opposing arguments

6. peroratio: the conclusion

Works By Cicero in Translation:

De Amicitia