Drabble: Conflict

[artyartie]

Only one drabble this week for rome100. Set shortly before 'These Beings the Words...'

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Generals and soldiers weren’t the only ones to wage war. A single voice could overpower a volley of arrows, a single pen could shatter the strength of a thousand swords.

Cicero’s hand hovered over a white expanse, where flickering lamplight cast hesitant shadows. So many years since he had taken up the charge, an imperator of passions and ideals, and so much grief in those years.

He no longer had the luxury of doubt. Brutus and Cassius struck down the first tyrant with their daggers; Cicero would strike down the second with his best and only weapon – his words.

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[artyartie.livejournal.com]

Yup - 2nd Philippic for the win! Though it's the best of the set (fourteen total, I believe), it's sad that the producers of Rome failed to mention that he wrote far more against Antony, and delivered all except the second in person. It's utterly tragic that we never got to see Cicero's oratorical skill in practice. But that's another post entirely... But thank you!