Cicero on Old Age

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Excerpt from Cicero on Old Age: Translated From the Latin Into English VerseWhich of the various competitors for power would it be safe to entrust the task on whom could he rely? Cwsarf - Antony Pompey, Octavius - he looked to each in turn: disap pointment dogged his steps. Each in turn was found to be seeking only for absolute power, and caring nothing for the prosperity and honour of the State. After the death of Caesar, when he found that, though the tyrant was gone, the tyranny remained, he still maintained the struggle, and the last year of his life was illumined by the splendid series of his orations against Antony - Which, in allusion to those of Demosthenes against Philip, he termed the Philippics.' He now hoped for salvation to the State from Octavius, but once more he mis judged his man, and the staff on which he trusted proved a bruised reed and pierced his hand. Antony and Octavius united for the moment, and one of the terms of union was the proscription and death of Cicero. He died a not ignoble death at the hands Of hired as sassine. Perhaps he had no wish to live to see the failure Of his schemes. Brutus, ' he says in a letter to Atticus, 'is thinking of going into exile: I have in my mind's eye a readier haven for a man of my age: but death, exile, or any thing is better than submission.' He might have.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.