Cicero
- ISBN-10
- 0674995902
- ISBN-13
- 9780674995901
- Series
- Cicero
- Category
- Authors, Latin
- Pages
- 475
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Author
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Description
Letters to Friends is a collection of letters between Roman politician and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero and various public and private figures. The letters in this collection, together with Cicero's other letters, are considered the most reliable sources of information for the period leading up to the fall of the Roman Republic.
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