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Only one drabble this week for [livejournal.com profile] 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.

Date: 2007-04-19 03:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jhd91.livejournal.com
Is this referring to the diatribe he wrote to Antony that was read in the Senate?

Excellent as always.

Date: 2007-04-19 05:20 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] ainsley.livejournal.com
Ooh, I like.

You familiar with Dylan Thomas? This reminds me of one of his poems.

Date: 2007-04-20 12:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] schadenkatze.livejournal.com
your cicero is always so heartbreaking. Makes me want to watch the entire series again through your eyes.

Lovely, as usual.

K

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