Cicero: Letters to Atticus, Vol. 2 of 3

INTRODUCTION

This second volume of Cicero's _Letters to Atticus_ embraces one of the most important epochs in Roman history, the fall of the Republic in the struggle between Pompey and Caesar. The storm which had long been brewing broke just as Cicero returned from Cilicia over the question of Caesar's resignation of office. By the agreement made in 56 B.C. Caesar's g...