Treatises on Friendship and Old Age (Hero Classics)

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As I look back on the past, I find delight not in the strength of youth but in the wisdom and peace that come with age."
"The reward of friendship is itselfthe joy of being together, the mutual confidence, the shared virtue."

Released in 44 BC, these philosophical works represent what life was like for Romans at the time, detailing the dynamics of human relationships and the acceptance of aging. Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote numerous treatises, but these two were the most prominent and widespread. Inspired by his personal experiences and philosophical traditions, the works were dedicated to Ciceros close friend Atticus.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero was born in 106 BC to a statesman and orator in Arpino, Italy, a small town outside of Rome, during the late Roman republic. Cicero, along with his brother, were placed under the instruction of Archias, a Greek poet. Cicero studied law and then spent a short time as a soldier under Pompeius Strabo. Cicero became an advocate and studied philosophy, oratory, logic and rhetoric while traveling Greece and Asia. He became quaestor in 76 BC and rose to the consulship, the highest political office in the republic, in 64 BC. Cicero ended up exiled in 58 BC after being a part of a conspiracy against the republic. He was restored to Rome and wrote the Treatises On Friendship and Old Age in 44BC. Around this time, Caesar was assassinated, and Cicero was put to death by Mark Antony the year after.