Res Publica - The Public Thing

How their changing relationship after the Civil War of 49 BC saw the beginning of the end for two great men of Rome.

"Abridged" Honours Thesis completed in 2015.

Deliverance from kingship: Munda to the Ides of March, 45 - 44 BC

The hard-won liberty of Rome

The gift of antiquity.

Guardian on the Watchtower: The Ides of March to the Death of Cicero and his Republic, 44- 43 BC.

The recent denunciation of free speech by New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, in order to protect the fragility of multiculturalism in Australia reminds me of what Cicero warned in 44 BC:

Twas the night before the election, and all through the land, not a voter was roused, as their nation seemed damned.