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Marcus Tullius Cicero is captured by forces under the triumvirate of Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus. He is killed near Caieta. |
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Cicero meets Pompey outside of Rome and accepts a commission to supervise recruiting in Campania. |
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Cicero states his own terms in an interview with Julius Caesar. He makes it clear that he will propose in the Senate that Caesar should not pursue war against Pompey any further. |
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Folllowing the March 15th killing of Julius Caesar, in which he did not conspire or participate, Cicero speaks in the senate in favor of a general amnesty. |
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Cicero delivers the first of his 14 Philippic orations, marking his reentry into politics. |
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Cicero lands at Brundisium (Brindisi) and is recalled to Rome following efforts by Pompey and the tribune Milo. |
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Cicero leaves Rome to govern the province of Cilicia, in south Asia Minor, for a period of one year. |
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Cicero declines Caesar's invitation to join the political alliance of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey. He considers it unconstitutional. |
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After escaping an assassination attempt, Cicero delivers the first speech against Catiline in the Roman Senate. Catiline departs Rome that night |
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The last decree, or Senatus consultum ultimum, is passed after Cicero struggled to persuade the Roman Senate of the danger posed by Catiline, |
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