Why Was Cicero Proscribed?

He was proscribed as an enemy of the state by the Second Triumvirate and consequently executed by soldiers operating on their behalf in 43 BC after having been intercepted during an attempted flight from the Italian peninsula.

Why did Cicero write the republic?

In these two books, Cicero wanted to restore the republic to its uncorrupted and truest form, which he believed had existed several generations earlier. He intended to persuade good and honorable men to participate actively in public affairs. Politics, he argued, was the most honorable of all professions.

What was Cicero's purpose?

The purpose of Cicero in Republic is to set forth a conception of an ideal state as Plato had done in his Republic. He has not made any attempt to conceal his indebtedness to Plato. He has adopted the same technique of dialogue.

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