Hi all,
I studied ancient history in college, and my girlfriend (a nurse) has taken up the interest. Right now, we're reading Anthony Everitt's biography of Cicero.
It seems like most people either lionize him or think he's a vacillating windbag. Everitt's subtitle is "Rome's Greatest Politician", so it's pretty clear that Everitt admires him, but I remember well how we all rolled our eyes in Latin, when we translated something of his that seemed ridiculously boastful. His portrayal in HBO's Rome seemed pretty balanced.
We'd like to know -- what are your thoughts?
I studied ancient history in college, and my girlfriend (a nurse) has taken up the interest. Right now, we're reading Anthony Everitt's biography of Cicero.
It seems like most people either lionize him or think he's a vacillating windbag. Everitt's subtitle is "Rome's Greatest Politician", so it's pretty clear that Everitt admires him, but I remember well how we all rolled our eyes in Latin, when we translated something of his that seemed ridiculously boastful. His portrayal in HBO's Rome seemed pretty balanced.
We'd like to know -- what are your thoughts?
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