HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Government should rule for the good of the people.
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Government should rule for the good of the upper class only.
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Patricians should have the most power in government.
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Patricians should decide what is good for plebeians.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In his own name Cicero restates the formulation as follows: “[Law) is a force (vis) of nature, the mind and reason of the prudent man, the standard of the just and of injustice” (1.19).
Detailed explanation-2: -Cicero won the case making him very popular among the people of Rome. In 63 BC, Cicero was elected to consul, the highest position in the Roman government. During his time as consul Cicero stopped a threat to overthrow the Roman republic.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cicero’s most famous quote is perhaps – A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Detailed explanation-4: -In this fifth chapter, we will learn more about the most famous Roman orator of all time: Marcus Tullius Cicero. We will also read the beginning of his most famous speech – his speech against Catiline – In Catilinam.
Detailed explanation-5: -Cicero, in full Marcus Tullius Cicero, (born 106 bce, Arpinum, Latium [now Arpino, Italy]-died December 7, 43 bce, Formiae, Latium [now Formia]), Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer who vainly tried to uphold republican principles in the final civil wars that destroyed the Roman Republic.