His Year: Cicero (63 B.C.E.)

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[hdbs]

THIS ISN'T GREECE. HERE IN ROME THINGS GET MESSY BUT THINGS GET

[ajdc]

i could watch those little squares fight all day

[popcornfury]

"BLAAAARG!" -Julius Caesar, 63 B.C.

[olefredrikskjegstad]

"Y'all are corrupt as hell"
- Cato, 63 BCE

[polandballhistorian]

“Executing your enemies sets an authoritarian precedent for the future.” - the most famous authoritarian politician of all time.

[elronman]

"you're acting like an authoritarian"
"oh yeah? would an authoritarian draw swords on the senate?"

[BazBattles]

Crazy detailed stuff for such distant times. Romans were exceptional in many ways. Love it.

[stevenreid]

Cicero: Hey want to hear a joke Catalina?
Catalina: Sure.
Cicero: The Consulship.
Catalina: I don't get it.
Cicero: And you never will.

[potsaf]

Poor Cicero. All he wanted was some peace and stability. The proudest moment of his life is doing just that, and then Rome gets wrecked by a billion civil wars.

[abdullahburakugurlu]

Who is here after Cicero's death? F

[paulliu]

Everything the senate said from 10:45 onwards
Incoming Consul 1: Yeah sounds good
Incoming Consul 2: Trials are overrated anyway
Ex-consul 1: I'm cool with murder on any occasion
Ex-consul 2 : I love you Cicero
Ex-consul 3 : I am very supportive
Ex-consul 4 : I wasn't paying attention
Ex-consul 5 : I was.
Ex-consul 6 : Where all my consuls at?
Ex-consul 7 : Maybe in 2000 years somebody will make a youtube video about this moment (XD)
Ex-consul 8 : I may have bit off more than I can chew here
Ex-consul 9 : I approve.
Ex-consul 10 : What is the meaning of existence?
Ex-consul 11 : This took so much time. Why did I do this? (Tell me about it)
Ex-consul 12 : Did I hear "electric chair"?
Ex-consul 13 : I can do the electric slide.
Ex-consul 14 : I sometimes condone murder
Ex-consul 15 : These traitors make me so mad
Ex-consul 16 : Love you, Cicero
Ex-consul 17 : I just go along to get along
Ex-consul 18 : I just do what I'm told
Ex-consul 19 : Murder has my vote
Praetor 1: Affirmative
Praetor 2: Roger that
Praetor 3: Yay!
Praetor 4: Support!
Praetor 5: Just like... fine
Praetor 6: Praetors, (I counted the y's trust me)
Praetor 7: Yea

You're welcome

[BattleDroid]

"Hypocrit"
"Stfu"
Gotta love Roman etiquette.

[jinzo]

"Caesar's appeal against authoritarianism."

*wheeze*

[Lykyk]

"I'm just a simple man I've never even murdered anyone"
KEK

[saidtoshimaru]

"When, Catilina, will you cease abusing our patience?"

[cheydinal]

~"I care about the Constitution" - Cicero

*goes on to immediately make a deal with his co-consul to ignore the Constitution*

[jmiquelmb]

Knowing Caesar accused Cicero of being an authoritarian is one of the funniest things I've heard in some time. Btw, were there other senatorial figures of relevant importance that are normally ommited by historians to make things easier to understand, or were guys like Caesar, Cato and Cicero overshadowing the other politicians? I guess it's more like the former, but it always surprised me how much influence those 3 had in Roman politics.

[theconquerors]

Please go into to the rivalry between Sulla and Marius next

[colbysimpson]

would you consider doing an entire series/mini-series about Cicero?? he is one of the most fascinating roman figures and is often overshadowed by ceaser in the history books

[kostathomas]

"This isn't Greece. Here in Rome things get messy but things but THINGS GET DONE."