Cicero

He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his transition from military hero to politician. Brilliant, voluble, cranky, a genius of political manipulation but also a true patriot and idealist, Cicero was Rome's most feared politician, one of the greatest lawyers and statesmen of all time. Accessible to us through his legendary speeches but also through his unguarded letters to his close friend Atticus, Cicero comes to life in these pages and takes center stage as the most eloquent witness to the last days of Republican Rome.