1. 1. Marcus Tullius Cicero a biography Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
2. 2. 3 - * 03.01.106 B.C. - from Arpinum (today: Arpino) - son of an eques - homo novus - moving to Rome in 102 B.C. - rhetorical and philosophical educationFelix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
3. 3. 4 Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium Rome Arpinum
4. 4. 5 - public activity with speech (orator) - 81 B.C.: defended Sextus Roscius (accusing Chrysogonus, mighty favourite of Sulla) - ascended to the most important lawyer - cure and study Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
5. 5. 6 - public activity with speech (orator) - 81 B.C.: defended Sextus Roscius (accusing Chrysogonus, mighty favourite of Sulla) - ascended to the most important lawyer - cure and study Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
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7. 7. 8 - 75 B.C.: beginning of his senatorial career - 75 B.C.: quaestor - confidence of the inhabitants of the province of Sicilia - 70 B.C.: patronus of the Sicilians - process against Gaius Verres - most important orator of Rome Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
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9. 9. 10 - 69 B.C.: aedil - 66 B.C.: praetor - first state speech (De imperio Cn. Pompei) - 63 B.C.: consul - = peak and turning point of Cicero's political career Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
10. 10. Pompeius 11 Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
11. 11. 12 - peak: revealed catilinarian conspiracy - then: negative turning point: - triumvirate among Caesar, Crassus, Pompeius - 59 B.C.: Caesar became consul - no support for Cicero from his party, the optimates Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
12. 12. Catilinarian Conspiracy 13 Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
13. 13. Caesar and Crassus 14 Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
14. 14. 15 - exiled by Clodius - 57 B.C.: return to Italy - no political work possible - withdrawal into private sphere Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
15. 15. Clodius 16 Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
16. 16. 17- wrote about ethics, rhetoric etc. - 51 B.C.: Governor of Cilicia - beginning of the civil war between Caesar and Pompeius - joined Pompeius - 48 B.C.: return to Italy - stay at Brundisium to 47 B.C. - personal pardon by Caesar Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
17. 17. 18 Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium Brundisium
18. 18. 19 - wrote three more works (e.g. paradoxa Stoicorum) - 46 B.C.: Caesar won the battle at Thapsus - 45 B.C.: Caesar defeated the sons of Pompeius at Munda - = end of the civil war Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
19. 19. 20 Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium Thapsus Munda
20. 20. 21 - 46 B.C.: divorce from Terentia - 45 B.C.: wedding with/ divorce from Publilia - 45 B.C.: death of daughter Tullia - distract and consolation with philosophy - wrote more books Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
21. 21. 22 - 44 B.C.: assassination of Caesar - once again political position hope for recovery of the res publica - was disappointed - called for the battle against Antonius in his Philippics Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
22. 22. Marcus Antonius 23 Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
23. 23. 24- Antonius became declared enemy of the state - was defeated at Munda and banished - Cicero's hope in Octavian was disappointed: - triumvirate among Octavian, Antonius and Lepidus - proscription against Cicero - 7.12.43 B.C.: was murdered by Caieta Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
24. 24. Octavian and Lepidus 25 Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
25. 25. 26 Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
26. 26. 27 Sources books: Dr. Philips, Heribert: Lateinische Klassiker, M. Tullius Cicero, Briefe, Cicero und seine Zeit; Verlag Schningh Zink, Norbert: Modelle fr den altsprachlichen Unterricht Latein, Accedere ad rem publicam a re publica recedere? Verlag Moritz Diesterweg pictures: Bild Cicero http://www.aphorism4all.com/images/1362925584.jpg Bste Ciceros in den Kapitolinischen Museen, Rom Karte: Imperium Romanum http://www.google.de/url?source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Roman-Empire-39BC-bg.png&sa=X&ei=8CNCVYT_J8bjase Cicero beschuldigt Catilinarier der Verschwrung: http://picture.yatego.com/images/4cdc1c666d0e95.3/41_00000046-kqh/cicero-beschuldigt-catilina-im-senat-der-versch---.jpg Bste Caesars http://polpix.sueddeutsche.com/polopoly_fs/1.113387.1358229525!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/900x600/image.jpg Marcus Licinius Crassus; Portrtbste im Louvre http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Marcus_Licinius_Crassus_Louvre.jpg Bste des Pompeius in Kopenhagen http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Pompejus.JPG Bste von Clodius http://www.genealogie-93-generationen.eu/bilder/B%20174336%20H.jpg Antonius: Bste in der Vatikanstadt http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/M_Antonius_modified.png Augustus mit Brgerkrone (Corona civica) So genannte Augustus Bevilacqua-Bste, Mnchner Glyptothek http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Augustus_Bevilacqua_Glyptothek_Munich_317.jpg Bste des Lepidus: http://www.ageod-forum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19904 Felix Maximilian Gimmel, Latin Course Class 10, Neues Gymnasium
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