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#37 – Two letters from Cicero | Latin texts 12..#37 – Duae epistulae Ciceronis | Litterae Latinae 12

07.27.2017 - By latinitium.comPlay

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It is a great turn of luck that so many of Cicero’s letters have come done

to us. Many of these treat the contemporary political events—for which

letters are an invaluable source of information. Today, however, you’ll

listen not to the political considerations of the statesman Cicero, but to

the worried words of Cicero the father, writing to his wife regarding their

daughter Tullia’s health.

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