Topic: Discussion Question 8

Paper details: Answer the Discussion questions: Some would argue that the death of Cicero marked the real end of the Republic, that he in many ways embodied the constitutional state. With his death at the hands of Mark Antony (another individual he angered with his tongue), what does Cicero’s story teach us about the delicate nature of constitutional democracies. Remember that his death ushered in five centuries of imperial rule. Do you feel that America could go the way of the Romans?