The book is packed with colorful details about the ancient city of Rome, its political system, its domestic arrangements, its homes, and the ancient rivalry between the patrician families and the "new men" who came from a lower class, like Cicero. To put it in the shell's nut, this was good entertainment but likely won't earn a hallowed place among your list of favorites. Executive Summary: I really enjoyed the first 50% and the last 15% or so, but the third in between got kind of slow.

The focus shifts from the wisdom and teachings of Greek civilization to the power and politics characteristic of the Roman Empire.There certainly is a load of Latin sites, characters and terms, but one does not feel that Antiquity circulates through Harris’s veins. Although he prosecutes a corrupt governor early in his career to gain stature as Rome's preeminent advocate, Cicero later defends a corrupt governor to regain the favor of the moneyed classes as his year to run for consul approaches. Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, it takes us inside the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, to describe how one man - clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable - fought to reach the top. Whilst staying at the family farm, news arrives that Rome is threatened by pirates and Cicero is invited to attend a council of war held at Pompey's country estate.

Luego, en un giro de 180º , cambia todos sus principios democráticos para con el pueblo y siembra las semillas del imperio que vendrá apoyando la candidatura Pompeyo como comandante único del ejercito.

To fund his case and also his aedile election campaign, Cicero is obliged once more to borrow money from Terentia. My son, who has studied and enjoys Roman history described how he would not have enjoyed the book and the liberties Robert Harris has taken wit(the facts. The reader is transported into the heart of political battles and moral dilemmas, feeling each triumph and setback as if they were occurring in real time.