The Letters to His Friends, Volumes I–III: English Text

by M. Tullius Cicero

Publishers:

William Heinemann; Harvard University Press

, 1927–1929

Overview

This text contains W. Glynn Williams’ English translations of books 1–16 of Letters to His Friends. Letters to His Friends contains 426 letters from Cicero, representing his correspondence with friends and acquaintances from 62 to 43 BC. This volume also includes the English translations of Cicero’s letters to his brother Quintus, which gives the reader an intimate window into Cicero’s family life, as well as M. Cary’s translations of Cicero’s correspondence with Brutus from the spring of 43 BC, which covers the period following Julius Caesar’s assassination.

Product Details

• Title: The Letters to His Friends, Volumes I–III: English Text
• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: The Loeb Classical Library: English
• Volume: I–III
• Publishers: William Heinemann, Harvard University Press
• Print Publication Date: 1927–1929
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 1921
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Cicero, Marcus Tullius › Correspondence; Rome (Empire)
• Resource ID: LLS:LLTRSTHSFRNDS01
• Resource Type: text.monograph.ancient-manuscript.translation
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-08-01T23:19:42Z

About M. Tullius Cicero

M. Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was born to a family of the equestrian class in Ardinum. Cicero’s father was an influential man in the community who placed great emphasis on education. Cicero was educated by his father and then by private teachers, who instructed him in Greek oratory and philosophy. Cicero studied Roman law under Quintus Mucius Scaevola. After winning his first case, Cicero left Rome to visit Greece, Asia Minor, and Rhodes. While in Greece, Cicero studied rhetoric with a number of famous rhetoricians in Athens. Upon his return to Rome, he became quite involved in political life. He ascended the Roman hierarchy, becoming a quaestor at age 31, an aedile at 37, a praetor at 40 and, at 43, a consul, the highest office. For a time he was exiled for executing, without trial, a group of Roman citizens who had plotted to kill him and overthrow the republic. Upon his return, Cicero was caught up in the standoff between Julius Caesar and the senate. When civil war broke out, Cicero took the side of the Republic (against Caesar), though he attempted to maintain some good will with Caesar. After Caesar’s assassination, Cicero fell out with Mark Antony, who had him murdered.