Aww Cicero writing about pompey...I've recently been going through a series of books by Robert Harris that is a fictional biography of Cicero written from the perspective of his closest slave. I've just gotten up to the point when Pompey had abandoned Cicero. ☹️
I love that trilogy! Incredibly well written, and historically as accurate as a novel can be. And it' great that they are written from the point of view of Tiro!
I just finished the trilogy...I was actually rather sad when I read the murder of Cicero, though I knew it coming...
I never quite realised how funny Cicero was! So I went ahead and bought one of the how to books "how to tell a joke" by Cicero haha 😂.
I must say that the funniest remark I read from the trilogy had to be the one on Cato :"he gives his opinions as if he lived in Plato's Republic, not Romulus's shithole."😂 😂 😂
Glad to hear that you like the trilogy too Massimo! I'm loving them at the moment haha 😂. I love your passage quoted here mentioned the infamous "father inlaw" haha 😂 i literally just went through the part yesterday when young Julia saw Cicero at Pompey's house. What a sweet girl. 🙂
Ah yes, Cicero-my favorite , of the era….
Aww Cicero writing about pompey...I've recently been going through a series of books by Robert Harris that is a fictional biography of Cicero written from the perspective of his closest slave. I've just gotten up to the point when Pompey had abandoned Cicero. ☹️
I love those too! I have read them once, am now listening on Audiobook, am really enjoying it a second time through.
Awesome!! I really love the way Cato the younger is portrayed in the trilogy! 😂😂 everything makes sense now lol 😂.
I love that trilogy! Incredibly well written, and historically as accurate as a novel can be. And it' great that they are written from the point of view of Tiro!
I just finished the trilogy...I was actually rather sad when I read the murder of Cicero, though I knew it coming...
I never quite realised how funny Cicero was! So I went ahead and bought one of the how to books "how to tell a joke" by Cicero haha 😂.
I must say that the funniest remark I read from the trilogy had to be the one on Cato :"he gives his opinions as if he lived in Plato's Republic, not Romulus's shithole."😂 😂 😂
That's one of my absolute favorite remarks! That said, Cato, after the end of the proceedings, commented, "What a witty Consul we have!" 😃
Apparently Cicero's enemies at the time called him "the stand-up consul". 😁
I know right? And the phrase "stand-up" had the same meaning as in modern stand-up comedian!
I'm always amazed by how relatable we morderns are to the ancient Romans, but not so much to medieval knights and ladies. 😅
Glad to hear that you like the trilogy too Massimo! I'm loving them at the moment haha 😂. I love your passage quoted here mentioned the infamous "father inlaw" haha 😂 i literally just went through the part yesterday when young Julia saw Cicero at Pompey's house. What a sweet girl. 🙂
A question many ponder. Thank you.
John, surprisingly, right?