Cicero’s letters

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Cicero’s letters are a collection of personal and political correspondence by the Roman orator and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero, offering a vivid primary source on late Republican Roman history, culture, and rhetoric.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of letters
epistolary corpus
primary historical source
approximateEndYear 43 BCE
approximateStartYear 68 BCE
author Marcus Tullius Cicero
linked to: Cicero
containsSubcollection Epistulae ad Atticum
Epistulae ad Brutum
Epistulae ad Familiares
Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem
countryOfOrigin Roman Republic
genre personal correspondence
political correspondence
historicalValue first‑hand account of late Republican events
influenced Renaissance humanists
early modern letter‑writing practices
language Latin
literaryValue model of Latin epistolary style
mainTopic Cicero’s career
Cicero’s exile
Civil War between Caesar and Pompey
Roman culture
Roman law
Roman politics
Roman rhetoric
Roman social life
fall of the Roman Republic
linked to: Late Roman Republic
modernAvailability critical editions
translations into modern languages
periodDescribed late Roman Republic
linked to: Late Roman Republic
preservation medieval manuscript tradition
providesInformationOn Cicero’s philosophical interests
daily life of Roman elite
elite friendship in Rome
governorship of provinces
judicial proceedings
patronage networks
senatorial politics
significantPersonAddressed Atticus
Brutus
Marcus Caelius Rufus
Quintus Tullius Cicero
various Roman magistrates
timeOfComposition 1st century BCE
usedAsSourceBy ancient historians of the late Republic
modern historians of Roman history
scholars of Latin literature
scholars of Roman rhetoric

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Vita di Cicerone usesSource Cicero’s letters
Terentia describedIn Cicero's letters
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Terentia associatedWith Cicero's correspondence
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Publilia mentionedIn letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Tullia Ciceronis mentionedIn letters of Cicero
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Tullia Ciceronis historicalSource Cicero’s correspondence
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Pompeia source Cicero’s letters
Caecilia Attica associatedWith Cicero’s correspondence
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Caecilia Attica sourceMention Cicero’s letters to Atticus
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Pomponius family sourceOfInformation Cicero's letters
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Tullia mentionedIn Cicero's letters
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Tullia associatedWith Ciceronian correspondence
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Tullia Ciceronis knownFrom Cicero's letters
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Mucia Tertia mentionedInSource Cicero's letters
subject linked to: Tertia
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Battle of Forum Gallorum primarySource Letters of Cicero
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Furius Crassipes mentionedIn letters of Cicero
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Cicero's villa mentionedIn Cicero's letters
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Servius Sulpicius Rufus mentionedIn Cicero's letters
linked to: Cicero’s letters
Quintus Tullius Cicero mentionedIn Cicero’s letters