The Life of Cicero Volume I Chapter 10 - Cicero After His Consulship

In which Cicero, having emerged triumphant from the Catiline conspiracy, confronts the ambivalence and hostility of Rome’s political elite as alliances shift quietly around him, revealing the fragile nature of Republican loyalties and the rise of new powers such as Cæsar and Pompey. His fortunes and friendships are explored through personal letters and public speeches, while the scandal involving Clodius foreshadows darker troubles that lie ahead for the orator amid the growing turbulence of the Republic.