Cicero's exile
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banishment · exile · exile of Cicero · his banishment · his exile · outlawry
in the texts
Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Cicero's banishment from Rome in 58 BC following Clodius's law; he returned in August 57 BC to popular enthusiasm.
During his exile Cicero’s manliness to some extent deserted him.
Cicero
Cicero's flight from Rome and period of banishment, driven by Clodius's persecution and formalized by a decree barring him from Italy.
But since this sight awakened neither pity nor any mercy, but Cicero was obliged either to go into exile or to appeal to force and the sword against Clodius, he begged for aid from Pompey, who had purposely got out of the way and was staying at his country seat in the Alban hills.
and Caius Vergilius, the praetor of Sicily, who had been on most intimate terms with Cicero, wrote him to keep away from Sicily.
After getting such answer to his appeal, Cicero took counsel with his friends:
Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero
Cicero's banishment, judged an honourable result since he had rid his country of Catiline's faction, spent idly in Macedonia, and ended by a senate-decreed recall after mourning.
but for the other the senate changed its garb and put on mourning and could not be induced to discuss any business until Cicero’s return had been decreed.
However, Cicero spent his exile idly, remaining quietly in Macedonia;