Treatises on Friendship and Old Age

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) was a Roman statesman, orator, and writer who became one of the greatest figures in the history of Roman literature and politics. Hailing from a municipal town called Arpinum, Cicero ascended the Roman cursus honorum, holding key offices such as quaestor, praetor, and finally consul in 63 BCE. His literary corpus is vast and includes philosophical treatises, spee...