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Laelius de Amicitia at LacusCurtius (English translation by W. A. Falconer, with introduction) Treatises on Friendship and Old Age at Project Gutenberg (English translation by E. S. Shuckburgh, with introduction), in one file with the de Senectute. Horace MS 1b Laelius de Amicitia at OPenn; Martin Biastoch: Ciceros Laelius de amicitia.
Bust of a patrician from the Roman Republic. Cato Maior de Senectute ("Cato the Elder on Old Age") is an essay written by Cicero in 44 BC on the subject of aging and death.To lend his reflections greater import, [1] Cicero wrote his essay such that the esteemed Cato the Elder was lecturing to Scipio Aemilianus and Gaius Laelius Sapiens.
Afterwards, he accompanied Cicero to Cilicia during Cicero's governorship there. [12] On his return from Cilicia in 51 BC, Tiro fell seriously ill; Cicero's letters show the strength of their friendship and how Cicero regularly wrote to check on Tiro's health. [13] Many of Cicero's letters refer with concern to his illnesses. [14]
The writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero constitute one of the most renowned collections of historical and philosophical work in all of classical antiquity. Cicero was a Roman politician , lawyer , orator , political theorist , philosopher , and constitutionalist who lived during the years of 106–43 BC.
Titus Pomponius Atticus (November 110 BC – 31 March 32 BC; later named Quintus Caecilius Pomponianus Atticus) [1] was a Roman editor, banker, and patron of letters, [clarification needed] best known for his correspondence and close friendship with prominent Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero.
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Amicitia is the Latin word for friendship, either between individuals, between the state and an individual or between states.It was "a technical term of Roman political life" from the 2nd century BC, when, according to Seneca, [1] it was introduced by the Populares Gaius Gracchus and Marcus Livius Drusus, who thereby ranked their clientes. [2]
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