Cato the Younger

celebrated Romans took up the Stoic practice. During the fall of the Roman Republic a group of famed orators, generals, and statesmen including Marcus Junius Brutus (85-42 BCE), Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE), Pompey the Great (106-48 BCE), and Cato the Younger (95-46 BCE) all professed themselves Stoics. This group of powerful statesmen and leaders practicing Stoicism disseminated it throughout Rome. Octavian (63 BC- 14 AD) who later became Caesar Augustus had a Stoic tutor and many

Cicero and Sallust present very different views of the beginning of the Catiline conspiracy. By making a villain out of Catiline in the name of elevating himself in society, Cicero stands to gain a lot from this prosecution. While enumerating his flaws as a citizen and father Sallust reminds us that Catiline is still human and was not going for the destruction of Rome. The difference between the two men becomes very clear when comparing their accounts. Cicero is presenting his version of events;

Would you be willing to let go of your deepest darkest fears to pursue the honorable? According to Seneca, “For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that counts virtue the only good, baseness the only evil, and all else but a worthless mass of things, which come and go without increasing or diminishing the highest good, and neither subtract any part

In what is arguably one of the most infamous episodes of the Roman Republic, L. Sergius Catilina plotted the murder of a number of senators, and planned to assume control over the Republic. The conspiracy is the depicted in Sallust’s historiography, ‘Bellum Catilinae,’ as well as it is the subject of Cicero’s most famous speeches, ‘In Catilinam I-IV.’ Primarily, the fame of the unsuccessful rebellion known as the Catilinarian Conspiracy of 63 B.C. stems from the comprehensible body of work which

A tragedy is a story in where the main character obtains a flaw that leads to their downfall. This main character, called a tragic hero, possesses qualities that cause their demise. These qualities are called tragic flaws. In Julius Caesar, both Julius Caesar and Brutus can be seen as tragic heroes. However, Brutus is the most tragic hero of the two. The qualities that make Brutus a hero are also the qualities that lead to his downfall. He cares about everyone, and makes each decision for the good

In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, great emphasis is placed on what it means to be a good Roman. Honour, honesty, service, and dignity were among the qualities considered virtuous and which contributed to a sense of Roman duty. Along with the virtues, Shakespeare also seems to examine the nature of philosophical Stoicism. The treatment of constancy and Stoicism has many thematic and moral implications in Julius Caesar. In analysing Brutus’ supposedly noble character, Shakespeare calls into question

Oration is the act of giving a formal speech with a certain style and manner. When one is listening to a real orator, they believe in what he is saying. Persuasion is an important aspect of a good orator. A good orator persuades the people believe in what he is say through the proper means. The orator is successful when the people agree with his statements and recognize this by applauding him. The orator has then done his job by making the people agree with him through persuasion and other means

The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, is a perfect tragedy, showing both “pity” and “fear”, as well as not “possess[ing] no single tragic quality” (Aristotle). Throughout the play, betrayal and corruption are seen, filling the play with other tragic qualities. Out of all the characters in the play, the most complex is Brutus. Brutus, being one of the conspirators behind the death of his good friend Caesar, takes his place as the stories tragic

Sallust, Cicero and the Catiline Conspiracy Both the histories of Sallust and the orations of Cicero can be considered literary works, to a degree. The War With Catiline, by Sallust and The First Speech Against Lucius Sergius Catilina, by Cicero, both contain excellent examples of writings from the age of the great Roman Empire. Although both are fantastic pieces depicting a time of tragedy, the Catiline Conspiracy against Rome, and they both think Catiline as evil, the two are also different

      Sallust, Cicero and the Catiline Conspiracy      Both the histories of Sallust and the orations of Cicero can be considered literary works, to a degree. The War With Catiline, by Sallust and The First Speech Against Lucius Sergius Catilina, by Cicero, both contain excellent examples of writings from the age of the great Roman Empire. Although both are fantastic pieces depicting a time of tragedy, the Catiline Conspiracy against Rome, and they