The correspondence between Cicero and Brutus in the months after Caesar's assassination. The letters capture the Republic's final crisis in real time.
Start ReadingCorrespondence between Cicero and Brutus in early 43 BC. Brutus writes from Macedonia; Cicero from Rome. They debate strategy against Antony.
The final exchanges. Brutus criticises Cicero's support for Octavian. Cicero defends his pragmatism. Both men are weeks from catastrophe.