Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician Quiz

Anthony Everitt

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Chapter 1, Fault Lines, The Empire in Crisis, First Century B.C.

Chapter 2, Always Be the Best, My Boy, The Bravest, From Arpinum to Rome, 106-82 B.C.

Chapter 3, The Forum and the Fray, The Birth of an Orator, 81-77 B.C.

Chapter 4, Politics and Foreign Postings, Cicero Enters the Ring, 77-63 B.C.

Chapter 5, Against Catalina, Campaign and Conspiracy, 63 B.C.

Chapter 6, Pretty-Boy's Revenge, The Good Goddess Affair and the Return of Pompey, 62-58 B.C.

Chapter 7, Exile, The Rise of Caesar, 58-52 B.C.

Chapter 8, The Ideal Constitution, Writing about Politics, 55-43 B.C.

Chapter 9, The Drift to Civil War, 52-50 B.C.

Chapter 10, A Strange Madness, The Battle for the Republic, 50-48 B.C.

Chapter 11, Pacifying Caesar, The Last Gasps of Republican Rome, 48-45 B.C.

Chapter 12, Philosophical Investigations, Thoughts on the Nature of Things, 46-44 B.C., Chapter 13, Why, This Is Violence!, Plots and Conspiracies, January—March 44 B.C.

Chapter 14, The Heir, Enter Octavian, March-December, 44 B.C.

Chapter 15, Cicero's Civil War, Against Marc Antony, January—April, 43 B.C., Chapter 16, Death at the Seaside, The End of the Republic, April—November, 43 B.C., Chapter 17, Postmortems

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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician Quiz

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician Quiz

When did Antony issue a rebuttal to Cicero in the Senate? (from Chapter 15, Cicero's Civil War, Against Marc Antony, January—April, 43 B.C., Chapter 16, Death at the Seaside, The End of the Republic, April—November, 43 B.C., Chapter 17, Postmortems)

Which month was Cicero's book about oratory released? (from Chapter 8, The Ideal Constitution, Writing about Politics, 55-43 B.C.)

What did Catalina do when Cicero gave a direct speech that exposed the conspiracy? (from Chapter 5, Against Catalina, Campaign and Conspiracy, 63 B.C.)

How long did Cicero disappear from public view in Chapter 10? (from Chapter 10, A Strange Madness, The Battle for the Republic, 50-48 B.C.)

When did Caesar's forces catch up with Pompey? (from Chapter 10, A Strange Madness, The Battle for the Republic, 50-48 B.C.)

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician Quiz

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician Quiz

When did Antony issue a rebuttal to Cicero in the Senate? (from Chapter 15, Cicero's Civil War, Against Marc Antony, January&mdash;April, 43 B.C., Chapter 16, Death at the Seaside, The End of the Republic, April&mdash;November, 43 B.C., Chapter 17, Postmortems)

Which month was Cicero's book about oratory released? (from Chapter 8, The Ideal Constitution, Writing about Politics, 55-43 B.C.)

What did Catalina do when Cicero gave a direct speech that exposed the conspiracy? (from Chapter 5, Against Catalina, Campaign and Conspiracy, 63 B.C.)

How long did Cicero disappear from public view in Chapter 10? (from Chapter 10, A Strange Madness, The Battle for the Republic, 50-48 B.C.)

When did Caesar's forces catch up with Pompey? (from Chapter 10, A Strange Madness, The Battle for the Republic, 50-48 B.C.)

When did Antony issue a rebuttal to Cicero in the Senate? (from Chapter 15, Cicero's Civil War, Against Marc Antony, January—April, 43 B.C., Chapter 16, Death at the Seaside, The End of the Republic, April—November, 43 B.C., Chapter 17, Postmortems)