Download or read book For Marcus Caelius — 56 BC written by Marcus Tullius Cicero and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This was a speech by the renowned Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero in defense of Marcus Caelius Rufus when he was charged with political violence, one of the most severe crimes in Republican Rome. Caelius had once been Cicero's student but, lately, was a political rival. This speech is one of the best examples of Roman oratory known to date.