Ad Navseam Episode 14: Cicero Falls at Formiae - A Date which will Live in Infamy

This week Dave and Jeff take a sober look at the political assassination of Marcus Tullius Cicero, December 7, 43 B.C. As Octavian and Mark Antony reach détente, heads must roll. And first on the platter is that of poor Tully. Come along as we take the train out of Rome from Termini station on a gray January day and head down to Formiae. We recount the last hours of the famous orator with the help of Plutarch and Dio Cassius. Though he died without a fight, Cicero spent his last months excoriating the wild debauchery of Mark Antony in his famous Philippics.  Finally, join your hosts on a walk up the path to the great man's so-called tomb.  What is this place?  Is Cicero actually buried here?  Does it commemorate the spot of his death instead?  Or was it, maybe, just an ancient Subway restaurant?  Listen fresh.  

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