10.28: To Trebonius

• When was the letter to Trebonius written?

  43 BCE
• Who led Antony away from the assassination?

  Trebonius
• How is the 43 BCE letter (not to Plancus) to?

  Trebonius
• Why is Cicero frustrated with Trebonius in his letter to him in 43 BCE?


  Trebonius led Antony away from the assassination but Cicero says that Antony should have also been killed
• In which letter do we learn that Cicero wishes the conspirators had killed Antony?

  43 BCE Letter to Trebonius
• What do we learn about Cicero's regrets for the assassination in his letter to Trebonius in 43 BCE?

  He wishes they had also killed Antony
• Which letter suggests that Cicero feels like the leader of the Senate?

  43 BCE Letter to Trebonius

  43 BCE Letter to Plancus
• What do we learn about Cicero's view of himself in his letter to Trebonius in 43 BCE?

  He feels like the leader of the Senate
• In which letter does Cicero describe Antony as a "curse of the country"?

  43 BCE Letter to Trebonius
• How does Cicero attack Antony in his letter to Trebonius in 43 BCE?

  Curse of the country
• What do we learn about Cicero's mood in his letter to Trebonius in 43 BCE?


  He feels renewed energy in the face of Antony
• In which letter do we learn that Cicero has been given renewed energy in the face of Antony?

  43 BCE Letter to Trebonius
• What do we learn about Cicero's quietism in his letter to Trebonius in 43 BCE?

  He feels renewed energy in the face of Antony which has brought him out of quietism
• What do we learn about Cicero's view of the assassination in his letter to Trebonius in 43 BCE (direct quote)?

  He calls it a "most beautiful feast"
• In which letter does Cicero describe the assassination as a "most beautiful feast"?

  43 BCE Letter to Trebonius
• In which letter is Cicero condescending to Octavian and how?

  In 43 BCE Letter to Trebonius he calls him "boy Caesar"
• What do we learn of Cicero's relationship with Octavian in his letter to Trebonius in 43 BCE?

  He is condescending calling him "boy Caesar" and doesn't understand the threat and believes he can manipulate him
• In which letter do we learn that Cicero wishes he was involved in the assassination?

  43 BCE Letter to Trebonius
• How does the 43 BCE Letter to Trebonius begin?

  Cicero wishes he had been a part of the conspiracy as he would have done it right