Episode 19: Tully and the Tyrants

Cicero telling off the tyrants, regardless of their party. Cicero delivered his first Philippic (named after the speeches of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedon) on September 2, 44 B.C. and it was straight SAVAGE! He not only calls out Mark Antony for all his crimes against the people, the republic, and the constitution, but he tells the senators that by doing nothing to stop him they are just as much to blame as he is. Marcus Tullius Cicero. The Founding Fathers quoted Cicero all the time and more often than not they called him Tully (an anglicized) version of his last name, Tullius. This is Cicero speaking with the freedom and fire of a man who knows what he's saying is going to get him killed. He will go down speaking truth to the those who had sworn an oath to defend the constitution. #cicero #tully #marcustulliuscicero #antony #markantony #marcusantonius #ancientrome #romansenate #juliuscaesar #deathofcaesar #triumvirate #ancienthistory #foundingfathers #philippics #firstphilippic #cicerophilippics #plutarch #suetonius #joewolverton #teacherofliberty Some links I mentioned in the podcast: My article on the First Philippic: https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/history/for-pity-s-sake-what-is-this-voluntary-slavery-cicero-delivers-his-first-philippic/ Plutarch, Life of Antony: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0007 Plutarch, Life of Cicero: https://www.bostonleadershipbuilders.com/plutarch/cicero.htm Suetonius, Life of Julius Caesar: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0132%3Alife%3Djul.%3Achapter%3D1 Cicero's Philippics: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Cic.+Phil.+1