2.11: To Caelius

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Connie Paterson

Cards (10)

  • When is Cicero's letter to Caelius?

    50 BCE
  • Who is the Caelius that Cicero is sending a letter to in 50 BCE?
    His apprentice
  • What do we learn about Cicero's mood in his letter to Caelius in 50 BCE?
    He is bored by being governor of Cilicia
  • What do we learn about Cicero's attitude to being a governor in his letter to Caelius in 50 BCE?
    He is bored as he has enough fame so it won't help him and it is beneath him in comparison to the great things he has done for Rome
  • In which letter do we learn that Cicero can feel civil war approaching?
    50 BCE Letter to Caelius
  • What do we learn about Cicero's view of the triumvirate in his letter to Caelius in 50 BCE?
    He can feel a civil war approaching
  • Who is the letter in which he complains about his governorship to?
    Caelius
  • How were Brutus and Cicero socially connected?
    Both were friends with Atticus
  • In the letter to Caelius in 50 BCE, what does it tell us about Cicero's relationship with Brutus?
    He criticises the state his province had been left and Brutus had worked their previously
  • What do we learn about Cicero's relationship with Caelius in the 50 BCE Letter (direct quote)?
    "Your aedileship is of great concern to me"