Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic (free audio book)

LibriVox ^ | 2026-03-08 | James Leigh Strachan-Davidson

[ProgressingAmerica]

"The purpose of this volume is to tell the story of Cicero's life, and at the same time to set forth from his writings a presentation of the concluding age of the Roman Republic, and to record the disastrous but not inglorious failure of the last Free State of the ancient world. So far as may be, I propose to let Cicero himself to speak to my readers."

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TOPICS: Books/Literature
KEYWORDS: audiobook; cicero; freeperbookclub; librivox; rome

[ProgressingAmerica]

I know there are a lot of Europhiles around here who would probably appreciate listening to this -

-or else reading the text in case you might not have known/remembered that this book existed.

[Ge0ffrey]

Thank you.

[Nateman]

Politicians are not born; they are excreted," is frequently attributed to the Roman statesman and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Our founders were well aware of Roman history. They wanted to devise a nation without the errors that led to the eventual Fall Of Rome. In the end taxes were so bad some citizens volunteered to become slaves rather than deal with the tax men.

[Adder]

Oooooo

Thanks!

[Mariner]

The high minded, brilliant and eloquent Cicero was cursed to live in the same era of Caesar, who dwarfed him.