ss cicero

Tempest

he did not hate the dictator as a man, but he did hate the fact that Caesar had no desire to restore the republic.

he translated his philosophical musings into political pragmatism.  

He now championed the illegally raised forces of the young Octavian,

Tempest-cataline

catalines guilt was obvious 

Beard

 questions how far cicero exaggerated the conspiracy

scullard  

The concordia ordiunm, a little shaken was soon shattered into smithereens-

provinces- cresswell

Cicero practiced what he preached (in Verres)

cresswell

He put everything into alienating Antony and rallying Rome to war to remove the threat he posed.