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Reddit mentions of Cicero: Selected Letters (Penguin Classics)
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| Height | 7.66 Inches |
| Length | 5.12 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | January 1995 |
| Weight | 0.46958461806 Pounds |
| Width | 0.73 Inches |
We actually have a huge amount of letters written to and from Cicero, which is partly why he's so well known and vital to understanding late republican Rome. Either Atticus or Cicero's scribe Tiro saved them for us and had them published after Cicero's death. You can get a book of translations of some of them, and they're incredibly fascinating to read and offer insights that you'll get nowhere else. Needless to say, I highly recommend reading them if you're interested in either Cicero or life in the late republic.
His letters to Atticus are awesome! He wrote them to his friend while on tour of his provincia Greece while he was grudgingly the governor. It's just so cool to imagine him riding in his little litter, dictating his letter, bouncing around on the rocky Greek terrain. Prim and proper city boy Cicero is certainly unamused, and it shows through. So cool!
Edit: here's a good place to start!
http://www.amazon.com/Cicero-Selected-Letters-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140444580