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Re:Cicero used humor to charm audiences–and humiliate opponents by User23 on Sunday June 06, 2021 @06:31PM (#27416965)
> Of course in the end Cicero was silenced by those who were taking power.

The conflict between Cicero and Mark Antony is a splendid case study of influence versus power and how that conflict ends when power chooses to play its hand.

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Re:Cicero used humor to charm audiences–and humiliate opponents by hungryforcodes on Monday June 07, 2021 @04:09AM (#27420227)
Mark Anthony may not have ultimately been successful (he was though), in which case Cicero may have lasted a bit longer. He was already 63 when he was executed, so it's not like he lived a short life for the age he lived in.
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