𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 ⛓️

Even the ancient Romans lamented the loss of their freedom, as they perceived it.

Read what Cicero writes to his good friend, Atticus, about the times they were living in when Julius Caesar became consul in 59 BC, engineering it so he had a five year command of Gaul and Northern Italy.

In addition, and much to Cicero’s dismay, Caesar banished him for refusing to join in a conspiracy against the constitution with Caesar, Pompey and Crassus.

𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨. 𝙒𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙤𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙢, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙧.

𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙨, 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙩.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧, 𝙄 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮…𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨.