WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Suppose you lived in ancient Rome and heard someone giving speeches about the need for changes in the Roman Senate. You were most likely listening to:
A
Romulus
B
Augustus
C
Cicero
D
Hannibal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tullii Ciceronis Orationes in Catilinam; also simply the Catilinarians) are a set of speeches to the Roman Senate given in 63 BC by Marcus Tullius Cicero, one of the year’s consuls, accusing a senator, Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline), of leading a plot to overthrow the Roman Senate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cicero was a philosopher and gifted orator who wanted to limit Caesar’s power and give more power to the Senate.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cicero proposed that the ideal government “is formed by an equal balancing and blending” of monarchy, democracy, and aristocracy. In this “mixed state, ‘’ he argued, royalty, the best men, and the common people all should have a role.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cicero’s first oration to the Senate on the Catilinarian Conspriacy is notable for its criticism of Catiline and praise of Cicero’s own actions against Catiline’s conspiracy. In this speech, the orator intends to show the Senate that he is a shrewd and skillful guarding of the republic.

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