Cicero’s letters

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Cicero’s letters are a collection of personal and political correspondence by the Roman orator and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero, offering a vivid primary source on late Republican Roman history, culture, and rhetoric.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of letters ⓘ
epistolary corpus ⓘ
primary historical source ⓘ
approximateEndYear 43 BCE ⓘ
approximateStartYear 68 BCE ⓘ
author Marcus Tullius Cicero ⓘ
linked to: Cicero
containsSubcollection Epistulae ad Atticum ⓘ
Epistulae ad Brutum ⓘ
Epistulae ad Familiares ⓘ
Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Republic ⓘ
genre personal correspondence ⓘ
political correspondence ⓘ
historicalValue first‑hand account of late Republican events ⓘ
influenced Renaissance humanists ⓘ
early modern letter‑writing practices ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryValue model of Latin epistolary style ⓘ
mainTopic Cicero’s career ⓘ
Cicero’s exile ⓘ
Civil War between Caesar and Pompey ⓘ
Roman culture ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
Roman politics ⓘ
Roman rhetoric ⓘ
Roman social life ⓘ
fall of the Roman Republic ⓘ
linked to: Late Roman Republic
modernAvailability critical editions ⓘ
translations into modern languages ⓘ
periodDescribed late Roman Republic ⓘ
linked to: Late Roman Republic
preservation medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
providesInformationOn Cicero’s philosophical interests ⓘ
daily life of Roman elite ⓘ
elite friendship in Rome ⓘ
governorship of provinces ⓘ
judicial proceedings ⓘ
patronage networks ⓘ
senatorial politics ⓘ
significantPersonAddressed Atticus ⓘ
Brutus ⓘ
Marcus Caelius Rufus ⓘ
Quintus Tullius Cicero ⓘ
various Roman magistrates ⓘ
timeOfComposition 1st century BCE ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy ancient historians of the late Republic ⓘ
modern historians of Roman history ⓘ
scholars of Latin literature ⓘ
scholars of Roman rhetoric ⓘ

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Vita di Cicerone → usesSource → Cicero’s letters ⓘ
Terentia → describedIn → Cicero's letters ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Terentia → associatedWith → Cicero's correspondence ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Publilia → mentionedIn → letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Tullia Ciceronis → mentionedIn → letters of Cicero ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Tullia Ciceronis → historicalSource → Cicero’s correspondence ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Pompeia → source → Cicero’s letters ⓘ
Caecilia Attica → associatedWith → Cicero’s correspondence ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Caecilia Attica → sourceMention → Cicero’s letters to Atticus ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Pomponius family → sourceOfInformation → Cicero's letters ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Tullia → mentionedIn → Cicero's letters ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Tullia → associatedWith → Ciceronian correspondence ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Tullia Ciceronis → knownFrom → Cicero's letters ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Mucia Tertia → mentionedInSource → Cicero's letters ⓘ
subject linked to: Tertia
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Battle of Forum Gallorum → primarySource → Letters of Cicero ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Furius Crassipes → mentionedIn → letters of Cicero ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Cicero's villa → mentionedIn → Cicero's letters ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Servius Sulpicius Rufus → mentionedIn → Cicero's letters ⓘ
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Quintus Tullius Cicero → mentionedIn → Cicero’s letters ⓘ