National Geographic History - 01.2019 - 02.2019

Death of the Roman Republic

JOSÉ MIGUEL BAÑOS

In 43 B.C. two Roman soldiers stopped a litter

near the port of Gaeta. Inside sat a 64-year-

old man: Rome’s greatest orator, the republic’s

last champion, and the recipient of a death

sentence from Mark Antony.

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